A Resource Sharing System for Personal Computers in a LAN: Concepts, Design, and Experience

Author

Summers, Rita C.

Author_Institution

IBM Los Angeles Scientific Center

Issue

8

fYear

1987

Firstpage

895

Lastpage

904

Abstract

RM is an experimental prototype that supports the use of distributed services by personal computers in a LAN. Using a service request model, RM allows any PC on the LAN to offer and use services, which can be user-written or off-the-shelf applications. A user can start several activities that proceed concurrently and that use services offered by different machines. Program interfaces are provided for the development of distributed applications. Remote execution is supported within the service-request framework. The paper considers issues in resource sharing and discusses the choices that were made for RM. It provides an overview of RM concepts, design, and implementation, and reviews experience using the system.

Keywords

Distributed services; personal-computer LAN´s; remote execution; resource sharing; service-request models; Application software; Hardware; Local area networks; Microcomputers; Operating systems; Peer to peer computing; Prototypes; Resource management; Software prototyping; US Department of Transportation; Distributed services; personal-computer LAN´s; remote execution; resource sharing; service-request models;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-5589

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TSE.1987.233508

Filename

1702308