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HPDC
1998
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Metascheduling: A Scheduling Model for Metacomputing Systems
Abstract Metacomputing is the seamless application of geographically-separated distributed computing resources to user applications. We consider the scheduling of metaapplications;...
Jon B. Weissman
HPDC
1998
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
WebOS: Operating System Services for Wide Area Applications
In this paper, we argue for the power of providing a common set of OS services to wide area applications, including mechanisms for resource discovery, a global namespace, remote p...
Amin Vahdat, Thomas E. Anderson, Michael Dahlin, E...
HPDC
1998
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
The NetLogger Methodology for High Performance Distributed Systems Performance Analysis
We describe a methodology that enables the real-time diagnosis of performance problems in complex high-performance distributed systems. The methodology includes tools for generati...
Brian Tierney, William E. Johnston, Brian Crowley,...
HPDC
1998
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
A Fault Detection Service for Wide Area Distributed Computations
The potential for faults in distributed computing systems is a significant complicating factor for application developers. While a variety of techniques exist for detecting and co...
Paul Stelling, Ian T. Foster, Carl Kesselman, Crai...
HPDC
1998
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Strings: A High-Performance Distributed Shared Memory for Symmetrical Multiprocessor Clusters
This paper introduces Strings, a high performance distributed shared memory system designed for clusters of symmetrical multiprocessors (SMPs). The distinguishing feature of this ...
Sumit Roy, Vipin Chaudhary
HPDC
1998
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Autopilot: Adaptive Control of Distributed Applications
Randy L. Ribler, Jeffrey S. Vetter, Huseyin Simitc...
HPDC
1998
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Matchmaking: Distributed Resource Management for High Throughput Computing
Conventional resource management systems use a system model to describe resources and a centralized scheduler to control their allocation. We argue that this paradigm does not ada...
Rajesh Raman, Miron Livny, Marvin H. Solomon
HPDC
1998
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Distant I/O: One-Sided Access to Secondary Storage on Remote Processors
We propose a new parallel, noncollective I/O strategy called Distant I/O that targets clustered computer systems in which disks are attached to compute nodes. Distant I/O allows o...
Jarek Nieplocha, Ian T. Foster, Holger Dachsel
HPDC
1998
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Extending Metasystem Functionality Using Reflection
To support a vast set of user requirements, flexibility and extensibility are essential features of a metasystem architecture. We present an execution model, the Reflective Graph ...
Anh Nguyen-Tuong, Steve J. Chapin, Andrew S. Grims...