n-cube model for cluster computing and its evaluation
APPT'07 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Advanced parallel processing technologies
On Construction of a Diskless Cluster Computing Environment in a Computer Classroom
International Journal of Grid and High Performance Computing
On Construction of a Diskless Cluster Computing Environment in a Computer Classroom
International Journal of Grid and High Performance Computing
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PC Clusters are becoming increasingly popular andimportant in parallel computing community as a cost-effective alternative to expensive special designed parallelcomputers [1]. The most popular communicationinterface used in today PC clusters as well as othercluster-type parallel computers is MPI (Message PassingInterface) [2]. There are several different open-sourceMPI implementations freely available and most of theimplementations are based on the popular MPICH [3-4].In general, these implementations have similar basicfunctions and performance, but each package targets ondifferent environment with different communicationlibraries.In this paper we present our implementation andperformance measurement of several available open-source MPI packages on a Linux cluste built withOSCAR software package. We then compare theperformance and discuss the factors that affectperformance of these MPI implementations. Our target isbuilding a PC-cluster for our research and developmentin the areas of SAN communication and parallel digitalsimulations.