Title :
Madeleine II: a portable and efficient communication library for high-performance cluster computing
Author :
Aumage, Olivier ; Bougé, Luc ; Denis, Alexandre ; Méhaut, Jean-François ; Mercier, Guillaume ; Namyst, Raymond ; Prylli, LoYc
Author_Institution :
LIP, ENS-Lyon, France
Abstract :
This paper introduces Madeleine II, a new adaptive and portable multi-protocol implementation of the Madeleine communication library. Madeleine II has the ability to control multiple network interfaces (BIP, SISCI, VIA) and multiple network adapters (Ethernet, Myrinet, SCI) within the same application session. Moreover it includes advanced mechanisms to dynamically select the most appropriate transfer method for a given network protocol according to various parameters such as data size or responsiveness user requirements. We report on performance measurements obtained using BIP/Myrinet and SISCI/SCI and we present preliminary results about our Nexus/Madeleine II and MPICH/Madeleine II ports
Keywords :
network interfaces; performance evaluation; protocols; system buses; workstation clusters; BIP; Ethernet; MPICH/Madeleine II ports; Madeleine II; Myrinet; Nexus/Madeleine II; SCI; SISCI; VIA; communication library; data size; high-performance cluster computing; multi-protocol implementation; multiple network adapters; multiple network interfaces; network protocol; performance measurements; responsiveness user requirements; Communication system control; Delay; Ethernet networks; Functional programming; Network interfaces; Portable computers; Protocols; Software libraries; Switches; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Cluster Computing, 2000. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chemnitz
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0896-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLUSTR.2000.889004
