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There is a need for cluster operating systems that support parallel computing. Currently, users must provide services such as process mapping and instantiation, load balancing, process migration and execution coordination. The task of programmers is made more difficult, as they are not only required to handle many of the transparency and management issues of Message Passing (MP) or Distributed Shared Memory (DSM) but are restricted to the type of communications paradigm to be used. We show here a cluster operating system that automatically and dynamically allows parallel programs to achieve high performance, transparency and ease of use.
This work was partly supported by the ARC Grant 0504003157 and Deakin University Grant 0504234383101.
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Goscinski, A., Hobbs, M., Silcock, J. (2002). The Genesis Cluster Operating System Supporting Parallel Processing. In: Dimopoulos, N.J., Li, K.F. (eds) High Performance Computing Systems and Applications. The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 657. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0849-6_21
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