Cluster computing: The wave of the future?

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationParallel Scientific Computing - 1st International Workshop, PARA 1994, Proceedings
EditorsJack Dongarra, Jerzy Wasniewski
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages236-246
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783540587125
DOIs
StatePublished - 1994
Event1st International Workshop on Parallel Scientific Computing, PARA 1994 - Lyngby, Denmark
Duration: Jun 20 1994Jun 23 1994

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume879 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference1st International Workshop on Parallel Scientific Computing, PARA 1994
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityLyngby
Period06/20/9406/23/94

Funding

*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

FundersFunder number
Office of Energy Research
U.S. Department of EnergyDF_,-AC05-84OR21400

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