Cluster computing: The wave of the future?

G. A. Geist

doi:10.1007/bfb0030152

Cluster computing: The wave of the future?

G. A. Geist

National Center for Computational Scienc

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Abstract

Using clusters of workstations is becoming a very popular method to solve both large and small scientific problems. One of the driving forces behind this shift is the availability of portable robust software to utilize and manage a cluster of workstations. PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) is a byproduct of the heterogeneous network research project going on at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee. It is a software package that permits a user defined collection of serial, parallel, and vector computers appear as one large distributed memory computer. PVM’s popularity is quickly making it the worldwide de facto standard for distributed computing. This talk will describe the driving forces behind cluster computing and the limitations imposed by this method of computing. It will describe the wide breadth of applications being developed in PVM and the features of the latest release of PVM. The talk will also raise several research and social issues that must be addressed before we can make the next big leap in distributed computing.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Parallel Scientific Computing - 1st International Workshop, PARA 1994, Proceedings
Editors	Jack Dongarra, Jerzy Wasniewski
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	236-246
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9783540587125
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/bfb0030152
State	Published - 1994
Event	1st International Workshop on Parallel Scientific Computing, PARA 1994 - Lyngby, Denmark Duration: Jun 20 1994 → Jun 23 1994

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	879 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	1st International Workshop on Parallel Scientific Computing, PARA 1994
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Lyngby
Period	06/20/94 → 06/23/94

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*This work was supported in part by the Applied Mathematical Sciences subprogram of the Office of Energy Research, U.S. Department of Energy, under Contract DF_,-AC05-84OR21400

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Geist, G. A. (1994). Cluster computing: The wave of the future? In J. Dongarra, & J. Wasniewski (Eds.), Parallel Scientific Computing - 1st International Workshop, PARA 1994, Proceedings (pp. 236-246). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 879 LNCS). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/bfb0030152

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Cluster computing: The wave of the future? / Geist, G. A.
Parallel Scientific Computing - 1st International Workshop, PARA 1994, Proceedings. ed. / Jack Dongarra; Jerzy Wasniewski. Springer Verlag, 1994. p. 236-246 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 879 LNCS).

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