Data collection for global scheduling in the GENESIS system

Author

Goscinski, Andrzej ; Jeffers, Phillip ; Silcock, Jackie

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Math., Deakin Univ., Geelong, Vic., Australia

fYear

2002

fDate

6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

169

Lastpage

174

Abstract

In order to schedule parallel processes on available computers there is a need to collect information about different cluster resources. Currently, global scheduling of parallel processes of applications takes into consideration mainly processor load and only in a small number of projects memory utilization. Communication costs, which are high in clusters, are practically neglected. The aim of this paper is to report on our study into cluster parameter measurements, in particular those, which characterize communication costs, the development of the resource discovery server and its initial testing through the study of the influence of communication costs on parallel application performance

Keywords

parallel processing; performance index; processor scheduling; resource allocation; GENESIS system; cluster parameter measurements; cluster resources; communication costs; data collection; global scheduling; memory utilization; parallel application performance; parallel processes; processor load; resource discovery server; Application software; Australia; Central Processing Unit; Costs; Electrical capacitance tomography; Load management; Operating systems; Particle measurements; Performance analysis; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel Architectures, Algorithms and Networks, 2002. I-SPAN '02. Proceedings. International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Makati City, Metro Manila

ISSN

1087-4089

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1579-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPAN.2002.1004281

Filename

1004281