Update based distributed shared memory integrated into RHODOS´ memory management

Author

Silcock, J. ; Goscinski, A.

Author_Institution

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

fYear

1997

fDate

10-12 Dec 1997

Firstpage

239

Lastpage

252

Abstract

The DSM system we propose in this paper is implemented completely at the operating system level as a component of RHODOS´ Memory (Space) Manager. In addition, it is integrated with RHODOS´ existing invalidation-based DSM allowing the programmers to choose the consistency protocol best suited to their application. These factors enable RHODOS DSM to provide the user with a transparent, efficient and scalable shared memory programming environment. In this paper, we describe the logical design, implementation and performance study of an update based DSM which strictly adheres to the above criteria. These criteria allow the user to program using a familiar model while taking advantage of the greater scalability of COWs

Keywords

distributed memory systems; network operating systems; shared memory systems; storage management; COWs; RHODOS; RHODOS DSM; consistency protocol; distributed shared memory; memory management; programming environment; scalability; shared memory programming; Access protocols; Australia; Frequency synchronization; Mathematics; Memory management; Operating systems; Programming environments; Programming profession; Scalability; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, 1997. ICAPP 97., 1997 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Vic.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4229-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICAPP.1997.651494

Filename

651494