Performance evaluation of two software distributed shared memory models

Author

Koch, Povl T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Copenhagen Univ., Denmark

fYear

1993

fDate

9-10 Dec 1993

Firstpage

162

Lastpage

166

Abstract

By offering a shared address space across a number of processors connected by a local area network, the distributed shared memory model offers an attractive way of programming parallel-distributed applications. Such programming can be done either using a memory model based on objects or linear memory. Very few performance studies have been made of such systems. The author describes the motivation and the methodology for a project which compares performance of the object model to the linear memory model. Execution-driven simulation is used to analyze the performance and scalability of the systems for appearing fast processors and new highspeed networks

Keywords

digital simulation; local area networks; network operating systems; object-oriented programming; parallel programming; performance evaluation; shared memory systems; execution-driven simulation; fast processors; high speed networks; linear memory; local area network; objects; parallel-distributed applications; performance evaluation; processors; programming; scalability; shared address space; software distributed shared memory models; Bandwidth; Computer science; Electronic mail; Hardware; Linear programming; Local area networks; Message passing; Object oriented modeling; Parallel programming; Software performance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Object Orientation in Operating Systems, 1993., Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Asheville, NC

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5270-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWOOOS.1993.324913

Filename

324913