A simple multiprocessor management system for event-parallel computing

Author

Bracker, Steve ; Gounder, Krishnaswamy ; Hendrix, Kevin ; Summers, Don

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Mississippi Univ., MS, USA

Volume

43

Issue

5

fYear

1996

fDate

10/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2457

Lastpage

2464

Abstract

Offline software using Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) sockets to distribute particle physics events to multiple UNIX/RISC workstations is described. A modular, building block approach was taken that allowed tailoring to solve specific tasks efficiently and simply as they arose. The modest, initial cost was having to learn about sockets for interprocess communication. This multiprocessor management software has been used to control the reconstruction of eight billion raw data events from Fermilab Experiment E791

Keywords

Unix; computer network management; high energy physics instrumentation computing; multiprocessing systems; multiprocessor interconnection networks; network operating systems; parallel processing; protocols; reduced instruction set computing; software packages; workstations; E791; Fermilab experiment; event-parallel computing; interprocess communication; modular building block approach; multiple UNIX/RISC workstations; multiprocessor management system; offline software; particle physics events; specific tasks; transmission control protocol/internet protocol sockets; Computational modeling; Control systems; Data analysis; Distributed computing; Image reconstruction; Physics computing; Protocols; Sockets; Testing; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.539393

Filename

539393