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Computing Systems

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 1995

Subjects

Parallel computers, Computer networks, Virtual computer systems -- Design and construction

Abstract

Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) is a widely-used software system that allows a heterogeneous set of parallel and serial UNIX-based computers to be programmed as a single message-passing parallel machine, In this paper, an extension to PVM to support dynamic process migration is presented. Support for migration is important in general-purpose workstation environments since it allows parallel computations to co-exist with other applications, using idle-cycles as they become available and off-loading from workstations when they are no longer free. A description and evaluation of the design and implementation of the prototype Migratable PVM system is presented together with some performance results.

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Permission has been granted by the USENIX Association to reprint this paper. This paper was originally published in Computing Systems, Volume 8, Number 2, Spring 1995. © 1995 The USENIX Association

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http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/10548

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