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Prototyping cluster-based distributed applications

DVOŘÁK Václav and ČEJKA Rudolf. Prototyping cluster-based distributed applications. Distributed and Parallel Systems - From Instruction Parallelism to Cluster Computing. The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000, pp. 229-232. ISBN 0-7923-7892-X.
Czech title
Prototypování distribuovaných aplikací na skupině počítačů
Type
book chapter
Language
english
Authors
Dvořák Václav, Prof. Ing., DrSc. (DCSE FEECS BUT)
Čejka Rudolf, Ing. (DCSE FEECS BUT)
Keywords

Cluster computing, CSP-based modeling, parallel performance prediction, MPI, linear equations benchmark

Abstract

A simple CSP-based model of cluster computing is presented. A Transim simulation tool, originally intended for simulation of transputer networks, can be used to simulate various parallel applications running on workstation clusters. Since communication latency is quite high in clusters, prediction of processor utilization, obtainable speedup and execution time are of interest. The Transim tool enables to find all these figures in minimum time and with minimum effort. As an example, a solution of a large system of (1000+) linear equations on up to 8 workstations connected via Ethernet to a hardware router is simulated and results are compared to real execution based on MPI.

Published
2000
Pages
229-232
Book
Distributed and Parallel Systems - From Instruction Parallelism to Cluster Computing
Series
The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science
ISBN
0-7923-7892-X
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Place
Boston, US
BibTeX
@INBOOK{FITPUB5666,
   author = "V\'{a}clav Dvo\v{r}\'{a}k and Rudolf \v{C}ejka",
   title = "Prototyping cluster-based distributed applications",
   pages = "229--232",
   booktitle = "Distributed and Parallel Systems - From Instruction Parallelism to Cluster Computing",
   series = "The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science",
   year = 2000,
   location = "Boston, US",
   publisher = "Kluwer Academic Publishers",
   ISBN = "0-7923-7892-X",
   language = "english",
   url = "https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/5666"
}
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