DocumentCode
2965904
Title
High-performance task distribution for volunteer computing
Author
Anderson, David P. ; Korpela, Eric ; Walton, Rom
Author_Institution
Space Sci. Lab., California Univ., Berkeley, CA
fYear
2005
fDate
1-1 July 2005
Lastpage
203
Abstract
Volunteer computing projects use a task server to manage work. Clients periodically communicate with the server to report completed tasks and get new tasks. The rate at which the server can dispatch tasks may limit the computing power available to the project. This paper discusses the design of the task server in BOINC, a middleware system for volunteer computing. We present measurements of the CPU time and disk I/O used by a BOINC server, and show that a server consisting of a single inexpensive computer can distribute on the order of 8.8 million tasks per day. With two additional computers this increases to 23.6 million tasks per day
Keywords
file servers; middleware; peer-to-peer computing; BOINC; CPU time measurement; client-server system; disk I/O; high-performance task distribution; middleware system; volunteer computing; work management; Biology computing; Central Processing Unit; Computer networks; Distributed computing; File servers; Grid computing; Middleware; Project management; Read only memory; Time measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
e-Science and Grid Computing, 2005. First International Conference on
Conference_Location
Melbourne, Vic.
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2448-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/E-SCIENCE.2005.51
Filename
1572226
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