Application Performance of a Linux Cluster using Converse
Workshop on Runtime Systems for Parallel Programming at IPDPS (RTSPP) 2000
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Abstract
Clusters of PCs are an attractive platform for parallel
applications because of their cost effectiveness. We have
implemented an interoperable runtime system called Converse on a
cluster of Linux PCs connected by an inexpensive switched Fast
Ethernet. This paper presents our implementation and its
performance evaluation. We consider the question of the performance
impact of using inexpensive communication hardware on real
applications, using a large production-quality molecular dynamics
program, NAMD, that runs on this cluster.
TextRef
Laxmikant Kale and Robert Brunner and James Phillips and Krishnan Varadarajan,
"Application Performance of a Linux Cluster using Converse", Proceedings of 3rd
Workshop on Runtime Systems for Parallel Programming, Rolim et al (Eds), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1586, IPPS/SPDP, Publ: Springer, 1999, pp. 483-495.
People
- Laxmikant Kale
- Robert Brunner
- James Phillips
- Krishnan Varadarajan
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