Title :
The Quadrics network: high-performance clustering technology
Author :
Petrini, Fabrizio ; Feng, Wu-chun ; Hoisie, Adolfy ; Coll, Salvador ; Frachtenberg, Eitan
Author_Institution :
Comput. & Computational Sci. Div., Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
The Quadrics network extends the native operating system in processing nodes with a network operating system and specialized hardware support in the network interface. Doing so integrates an individual node´s address spaces into a single, global, virtual address space and provides network fault tolerance
Keywords :
fault tolerant computing; multiprocessor interconnection networks; network interfaces; network operating systems; virtual storage; workstation clusters; Quadrics network; address spaces; global virtual address space; high-performance clustering technology; native operating system; network fault tolerance; network interface; network operating system; processing nodes; specialized hardware support; Engines; Hardware; Intelligent networks; Memory management; Network interfaces; Protocols; Software libraries; Space technology; Switches; Yarn;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
