DocumentCode :
2208661
Title :
Memory resource considerations in the load balancing of software DSM systems
Author :
Liu, Yen-Tso ; Liang, Tyng-Yeu ; Huang, Chi-Ting ; Shieh, Ce-Kuen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., National Chung Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan
fYear :
2003
fDate :
6-9 Oct. 2003
Firstpage :
71
Lastpage :
78
Abstract :
Obtaining a load balance is essential if the program performance of distributed shared memory (DSM) systems is to be optimized. In achieving this load balance, most DSM systems simply distribute program threads in accordance with the CPU power of the individual processors within the network. However, memory access costs also play a significant role in determining the program performance. Although the threads will be able to complete their tasks, their execution will inevitably be delayed by the latency associated with executing the page replacements. With the rapid development of CPU chips, the relative influence of this memory access latency upon the overall program performance has become increasingly significant. Therefore, attempts to minimize the execution time of applications by establishing a load balance based purely upon CPU resource considerations will only achieve limited success. The current study proposes a new load balancing scheme for DSM systems which considers both CPU and memory resources. The present results confirm the importance of considering memory resources when addressing the load balancing of DSM systems. It is shown that the proposed method is more effective than previous schemes which considered only CPU resources or memory resources.
Keywords :
distributed shared memory systems; parallel processing; resource allocation; storage management; CPU resource; application execution time minimization; load balancing; memory access costs; memory access latency; memory resource; page replacement; program performance; software distributed shared memory systems; Application software; Computer applications; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Costs; Delay; Load management; Power generation economics; Software systems; Yarn;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Parallel Processing Workshops, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 International Conference on
ISSN :
1530-2016
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2018-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICPPW.2003.1240356
Filename :
1240356
Link To Document :
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