DPVM: PVM for Dawning cluster systems

Author

Wu, Xingfu ; Sun, Ninghui

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. & Comput. Eng., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

14-17 May 2000

Firstpage

88

Abstract

By means of some design algorithms and experimental results, this paper depicts the design, implementation and performance of DPVM (Dawning PVM), which is a port of the PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) to the Dawning cluster systems. DPVM is derived from the original PVM 3.3.11 source code to retain compatibility with existing PVM applications. However, it uses a low-level direct communication protocol and the resource management software of the Dawning2000 cluster system. Experimental results show that DPVM is a well-implemented PVM implementation on an IBM RS6000 workstation cluster, and that it efficiently utilizes the Dawning cluster system with the efficient support of a low-level communication protocol and resource management service.

Keywords

IBM computers; message passing; network operating systems; performance evaluation; transport protocols; virtual machines; workstation clusters; DPVM; Dawning PVM; Dawning cluster systems; Dawning2000 system; IBM RS6000 workstation cluster; PVM 3.3.11 source code; PVM port; Parallel Virtual Machine; compatibility; design algorithms; implementation; low-level direct communication protocol; performance; resource management software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Performance Computing in the Asia-Pacific Region, 2000. Proceedings. The Fourth International Conference/Exhibition on

Conference_Location

Beijing, China

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0589-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HPC.2000.846523

Filename

846523