Title :
An emulated environment for studying distributed systems
Author :
Li, Kin F. ; Young, Eric
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Victoria Univ., BC, Canada
Abstract :
A distributed testbed for investigating the issues involved in distributed applications, studying different concepts and algorithms in practice, and gaining practical experience in utilizing distributed systems of various configurations is discussed. This testbed environment uses a network of Sun workstations (connected by an Ethernet) to emulate the behavior of distributed systems, with each individual workstation host representing a node. Communication links which implement process-to-process, multicast, and broadcast communications are used for the emulation of various distributed system organizations (e.g. Ethernet, token ring, and multistage interconnection networks). Application examples are given for three typical topologies.<>
Keywords :
distributed processing; local area networks; multiprocessor interconnection networks; network topology; token networks; virtual machines; Ethernet; Sun workstations; broadcast communications; communication links; distributed systems; distributed testbed; emulated environment; individual workstation host; multicast communications; multistage interconnection networks; network topologies; process-to-process communications; token ring; Broadcasting; Emulation; Ethernet networks; Multicast algorithms; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Network topology; Sun; System testing; Token networks; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, 1989. Conference Proceeding., IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC, Canada
DOI :
10.1109/PACRIM.1989.48356
