Title :
Load distribution in a CORBA environment
Author :
Barth, T. ; Flender, G. ; Freisleben, B. ; Thilo, F.
Author_Institution :
Siegen Univ., Germany
Abstract :
The design and implementation of a CORBA load distribution service for distributed scientific computing applications running in a network of workstations is described. The proposed approach is based on integrating load distribution into the CORBA naming service which in turn relies on information provided by the underlying WINNER resource management system developed for typical networked Unix workstation environments. The necessary extensions to the naming service, the WINNER features for collecting load information and the placement decisions are described. A prototypical implementation of the complete system is presented, and performance results obtained for the parallel optimization of a mathematical test function are discussed
Keywords :
distributed object management; naming services; natural sciences computing; resource allocation; workstation clusters; CORBA environment; CORBA load distribution service; CORBA naming service; WINNER features; WINNER resource management system; distributed scientific computing applications; load information; mathematical test function; network of workstations; networked Unix workstation environments; parallel optimization; performance results; placement decisions; prototypical implementation; Application software; Computer architecture; Concurrent computing; Message passing; Parallel processing; Resource management; Scientific computing; Software engineering; Software performance; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Objects and Applications, 1999. Proceedings of the International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0182-6
DOI :
10.1109/DOA.1999.794010
