Title :
A Remote Memory Swapping System for Cluster Computers
Author :
Werstein, Paul ; Jia, Xiangfei ; Huang, Zhiyi
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Otago, Dunedin
Abstract :
This paper describes the use of remote memory for virtual memory swapping in a cluster computer. Our design uses a lightweight kernel-to-kernel communications channel for fast, efficient data transfer. Performance tests are made to compare our system to normal hard disk swapping. The tests show significantly improved performance when data access is random.
Keywords :
remote procedure calls; virtual storage; workstation clusters; cluster computers; efficient data transfer; fast data transfer; hard disk swapping; kernel-to-kernel communications channel; remote memory swapping system; virtual memory swapping; Broadcasting; Communication channels; Distributed computing; Ethernet networks; Kernel; Libraries; Linux; Memory management; Programming profession; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies, 2007. PDCAT '07. Eighth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Adelaide, SA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-3049-4
DOI :
10.1109/PDCAT.2007.13
