Title :
Portable controlling software package for parallel fault-tolerant computer system
Author :
Cheng, L.M. ; Lam, F. ; Fong, A.S. ; Chen, R.M.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Polytech. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Abstract :
A portable software system to support distributed parallel and fault tolerant computing in a PC network environment is described. It facilitates better utilization of system resources and provides a platform for fault tolerant computing. The software system consists of a concurrent control library and a program translator. The design is dedicated for a master-slave, loosely coupled and Tandem-model configuration. The implementation of slave system management, communication protocol and fault tolerance is discussed. Some performance analysis using networked PC´s is also addressed.<>
Keywords :
distributed processing; fault tolerant computing; parallel processing; protocols; reliability; software packages; PC network environment; Tandem-model configuration; communication protocol; concurrent control library; distributed computing; parallel fault-tolerant computer system; performance analysis; portable controlling software package; program translator; slave system management; software system; system resources; Communication system control; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Control systems; Distributed computing; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Portable computers; Software packages; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
TENCON '93. Proceedings. Computer, Communication, Control and Power Engineering.1993 IEEE Region 10 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1233-3
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.1993.319957
