Using embedded network processors to implement global memory management in a workstation cluster

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dc.contributor.authorCoady, Y
dc.contributor.authorOng, JS
dc.contributor.authorFeeley, MJ
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-31T15:48:58Z
dc.date.available2009-07-31T15:48:58Z
dc.date.copyright1999en
dc.date.issued1999
dc.description©1999 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.en
dc.description.abstractAdvances in network technology continue to improve the communication performance of workstation and PC clusters, making high-performance workstation-cluster computing increasingly viable. These hardware advances, however, are taxing traditional host-software network protocols to breaking point. A modern gigabit network can swamp a host's IO bus and processor, limiting communication performance and slowing computation unacceptably. Fortunately, host-programmable network processors used by these networks present a potential solution. Offloading selected host processing to these embedded network processors lowers host overhead and improves latency. This paper examines the use of embedded network processors to improve the performance of workstation-cluster global memory management. We have implemented a revised version of the GMS global memory system that eliminates host overhead by as much as 29% on active nodes and improves page fault latency by as much as 39%.en
dc.identifier.citationCoady, Y.;Ong, JS; Feeley, M.J., High Performance Distributed Computing, 1999. Proceedings. The Eighth International Symposium onen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/1488
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIEEEen
dc.subjectactive nodes
dc.subjectembedded network processors
dc.subjectgigabit network
dc.subjectglobal memory management
dc.subjectGMS global memory system
dc.subjecthigh-performance workstation cluster computing
dc.subjecthost overhead
dc.subjecthost-programmable network processors
dc.subjecthost-software network protocols
dc.subjectpage fault latency
dc.subjectstorage management
dc.subjectworkstation clusters
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Computer Science
dc.titleUsing embedded network processors to implement global memory management in a workstation clusteren
dc.typeArticleen

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