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Issues in ATM Support of High-Performance, Geographically Distributed Computing

Author
Blade, Eric D.G
Published
Sep 1, 1995.
Physical Description
1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Claus, Russell W., Dowd, Patrick W., and Srinidhi, Saragur M.
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Summary
This report experimentally assesses the effect of the underlying network in a cluster-based computing environment. The assessment is quantified by application-level benchmarking, process-level communication, and network file input/output. Two testbeds were considered, one small cluster of Sun workstations and another large cluster composed of 32 high-end IBM RS/6000 platforms. The clusters had Ethernet, fiber distributed data interface (FDDI), Fibre Channel, and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network interface cards installed, providing the same processors and operating system for the entire suite of experiments. The primary goal of this report is to assess the suitability of an ATM-based, local-area network to support interprocess communication and remote file input/output systems for distributed computing.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 19960001688.
Accession ID: 96N11696.
E-9468.
NASA-TP-3532.
NAS 1.60:3532.
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Copyright, Distribution as joint owner in the copyright.
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