Performance of the MOSIX Parallel System for a Cluster of PC's

Amnon Barak; Oren La'adan

doi:10.1007/bfb0031634

Performance of the MOSIX Parallel System for a Cluster of PC's

Amnon Barak, Oren La'adan

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Engineering and Computer Science

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Abstract

The scalable PC cluster at Hebrew University consists of 48 Pentium and Pentium-Pro servers that are connected by fast Ethernet and the Myrinet LANs. It is running the MOSIX operating system, an enhancement of BSD/OS with algorithms for dynamic resource sharing that are geared for performance scalability in a scalable computing cluster. These algorithms use a preemptive process migration mechanism for load-balancing and memory-sharing, in order to create a convenient multi-user time-sharing execution environment for HPC, particularly for applications that are written in PVM or MPI. This paper gives a brief overview of MOSIX and its resource sharing algorithms. Then the paper presents the performance of these algorithms as well as the performance of several large-scale, parallel applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	High-Performance Computing and Networking - International Conference and Exhibition, Proceedings
Editors	Bob Hertzberger, Peter Sloot, Bob Hertzberger, Peter Sloot, Bob Hertzberger, Peter Sloot, Bob Hertzberger, Peter Sloot
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	624-635
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	3540628983, 3540628983, 3540628983, 3540628983, 9783540628989, 9783540628989, 9783540628989, 9783540628989
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/bfb0031634
State	Published - 1997
Event	International Conference and Exhibition on High-Performance Computing and Networking, HPCN Europe 1997 - Vienna, Austria Duration: 28 Apr 1997 → 30 Apr 1997

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	1225
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	International Conference and Exhibition on High-Performance Computing and Networking, HPCN Europe 1997
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	28/04/97 → 30/04/97

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Barak, A., & La'adan, O. (1997). Performance of the MOSIX Parallel System for a Cluster of PC's. In B. Hertzberger, P. Sloot, B. Hertzberger, P. Sloot, B. Hertzberger, P. Sloot, B. Hertzberger, & P. Sloot (Eds.), High-Performance Computing and Networking - International Conference and Exhibition, Proceedings (pp. 624-635). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 1225). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/bfb0031634

Barak, Amnon ; La'adan, Oren. / Performance of the MOSIX Parallel System for a Cluster of PC's. High-Performance Computing and Networking - International Conference and Exhibition, Proceedings. editor / Bob Hertzberger ; Peter Sloot ; Bob Hertzberger ; Peter Sloot ; Bob Hertzberger ; Peter Sloot ; Bob Hertzberger ; Peter Sloot. Springer Verlag, 1997. pp. 624-635 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Barak, A & La'adan, O 1997, Performance of the MOSIX Parallel System for a Cluster of PC's. in B Hertzberger, P Sloot, B Hertzberger, P Sloot, B Hertzberger, P Sloot, B Hertzberger & P Sloot (eds), High-Performance Computing and Networking - International Conference and Exhibition, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 1225, Springer Verlag, pp. 624-635, International Conference and Exhibition on High-Performance Computing and Networking, HPCN Europe 1997, Vienna, Austria, 28/04/97. https://doi.org/10.1007/bfb0031634

Performance of the MOSIX Parallel System for a Cluster of PC's. / Barak, Amnon; La'adan, Oren.
High-Performance Computing and Networking - International Conference and Exhibition, Proceedings. ed. / Bob Hertzberger; Peter Sloot; Bob Hertzberger; Peter Sloot; Bob Hertzberger; Peter Sloot; Bob Hertzberger; Peter Sloot. Springer Verlag, 1997. p. 624-635 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 1225).

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Barak A, La'adan O. Performance of the MOSIX Parallel System for a Cluster of PC's. In Hertzberger B, Sloot P, Hertzberger B, Sloot P, Hertzberger B, Sloot P, Hertzberger B, Sloot P, editors, High-Performance Computing and Networking - International Conference and Exhibition, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 1997. p. 624-635. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/bfb0031634

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