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Anonymous remote computing: a paradigm for parallel programming on interconnected workstations

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Title Anonymous remote computing: a paradigm for parallel programming on interconnected workstations
 
Creator JOSHI, RUSHIKESH K
JANAKI RAM, D
 
Subject interconnection networks
computer programming
high level languages
programming theory
parallel algorithms
 
Description Parallel computing on interconnected workstations is becoming a viable and attractive proposition due to the rapid growth in speeds of interconnection networks and processors. In the case of workstation clusters, there is always a considerable amount of unused computing capacity available in the network. However, heterogeneity in architectures and operating systems, load variations on machines, variations in machine availability, and failure susceptibility of networks and workstations complicate the situation for the programmer. In this context, new programming paradigms that reduce the burden involved in programming for distribution, load adaptability, heterogeneity and fault tolerance gain importance. This paper identifies the issues involved in parallel computing on a network of workstations. The Anonymous Remote Computing (ARC) paradigm is proposed to address the issues specific to parallel programming on workstation systems. ARC differs from the conventional communicating process model by treating a program as one single entity consisting of several loosely coupled remote instruction blocks instead of treating it as a collection of processes. The ARC approach results in distribution transparency and heterogeneity transparency. At the same time, it provides fault tolerance and load adaptability to parallel programs on workstations. ARC is developed in a two-tiered architecture consisting of high level language constructs and low level ARC primitives. The paper describes an implementation of the ARC kernel supporting ARC primitives.
 
Publisher IEEE
 
Date 2009-05-11T13:29:30Z
2011-12-08T07:13:04Z
2011-12-26T13:02:02Z
2011-12-27T05:47:55Z
2009-05-11T13:29:30Z
2011-12-08T07:13:04Z
2011-12-26T13:02:02Z
2011-12-27T05:47:55Z
1999
 
Type Article
 
Identifier IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 25(1), 75-90
0098-5589
10.1109/32.748919
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/1348
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/1348
 
Language en