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Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) is a software system that enables concurrent computing, based on the message-passing paradigm, in heterogeneous environments. To expand the scope and applicability of the PVM system, we have developed an alternate interface to PVM that supports client-server computing. The core of this interface is a remote procedure call (RPC) facility that permits the specification and export of services which may be invoked by clients using the well-established RPC paradigm and mechanics. Previous experiences have established that this model is natural and effective for programming distributed applications, and that RPC can be implemented in message-passing systems like PVM with a minimum of overhead. This model also enables significant additional functionality such as user-transparent load balancing, failure resilience, and adaptive parallelism.
Research supported by the U. S. Department of Energy, under Grant No. DE-FG05-91ER25105, and the National Science Foundation, under Award Nos. ASC-9214149 and ASC-9527186
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Krantz, A.T., Zadroga, A., Chodrow, S.E., Sunderam, V.S. (1996). An RPC facility for PVM. In: Liddell, H., Colbrook, A., Hertzberger, B., Sloot, P. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1067. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61142-8_629
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