DocumentCode :
2603975
Title :
A framework for and implementation of intelligent task distribution
Author :
Maple, C. ; Vince, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Syst., Univ. of Luton, UK
fYear :
2002
fDate :
2002
Firstpage :
195
Lastpage :
198
Abstract :
There has been a large increase in the use of distributed systems to solve computationally expensive problems. There are many technologies available to researchers wishing to utilise a cluster of computers, however they often require the installation of software onto the hard disks of the machines being used and this can cause problems. There exist instances where, for one reason or another, the hard disks of the machines cannot be used. In this work we present detail of a framework and implementation of a distributed network that boots off a floppy disk and does not use the hard disks at all, but a RAMDrive. We go on to present details of how the server aspect of the framework can be used to effectively reduce load imbalance without the need for explicit user intervention.
Keywords :
client-server systems; floppy discs; resource allocation; scheduling; workstation clusters; RAMDrive; computationally expensive problems; computer clusters; distributed systems; floppy disk; hard disks; intelligent task distribution; load balancing; scheduling; Communication system control; Computational intelligence; Control systems; Distributed computing; Floppy disks; Hard disks; Network servers; Protocols; TCPIP; Web server;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Parallel Computing in Electrical Engineering, 2002. PARELEC '02. Proceedings. International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1730-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/PCEE.2002.1115238
Filename :
1115238
Link To Document :
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