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Research Article
Parallel computation on multilayer cluster grids
Article first published online: 12 JUL 2007
DOI: 10.1002/cpe.1224
Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience
Volume 19, Issue 13, pages 1865–1878, 10 September 2007
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How to Cite
Zarrelli, R. and Petrone, M. (2007), Parallel computation on multilayer cluster grids. Concurrency Computat.: Pract. Exper., 19: 1865–1878. doi: 10.1002/cpe.1224
Publication History
- Issue published online: 7 AUG 2007
- Article first published online: 12 JUL 2007
- Manuscript Accepted: 16 APR 2007
- Manuscript Revised: 18 FEB 2007
- Manuscript Received: 15 SEP 2006
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Keywords:
- PVM;
- H2O;
- cluster grid computing;
- message passing;
- computing methodologies and applications;
- parallel computation
Abstract
Cluster architectures are increasingly used to solve high-performance computing applications. To build more computational power, sets of clusters, interconnected by high-speed networks, can be used in an elaboration to form a cluster grid. In this type of architecture, it is difficult to exploit all the internal resources of a cluster, because each one can be shielded by a firewall and is usually configured with machines where there is only one visible IP front-end node that hides all its internal nodes from the external world. The exploitation of resources is even more complicated if we consider the general case where each internal node of a cluster can be a front-end node of an another cluster. This type of architecture has been defined as a multilayer cluster grid. In this paper, a Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) extension is presented which, through a middleware solution based on the H2O distributed metacomputing framework, permits the building of a parallel virtual machine in a multilayer cluster grid environment. In addition, the existing code written for PVM can be executed into this environment without modifications. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.