Components and interfaces of a process management system for parallel programs
Parallel Computing - Clusters and computational grids for scientific computing
Advanced Concepts in Operating Systems
Advanced Concepts in Operating Systems
Scalable parallel application launch on Cplant™
Proceedings of the 2001 ACM/IEEE conference on Supercomputing
STORM: lightning-fast resource management
Proceedings of the 2002 ACM/IEEE conference on Supercomputing
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One of the first steps in starting a program on a cluster is to get the executable, which generally resides on some network file server. This creates not only contention on the network, but causes unnecessary strain on the network file system as well, which is busy serving other requests at the same time. This approach is certainly not scalable as clusters grow larger. We present a new approach that uses a high speed interconnect, novel network features, and a scalable design. We provide a fast, efficient, and scalable solution to the distribution of executable files on production parallel machines.