Characterization of applications with I/O for processor scheduling in multiprogrammed parallel systems

Author

Majumdar, Shikharesh ; Leung, Yiu Ming

Author_Institution

Dept. of Syst. & Comput. Eng., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

1994

fDate

26-29 Oct 1994

Firstpage

298

Lastpage

307

Abstract

Most studies of processor scheduling in multiprogrammed parallel systems have ignored the I/O performed by applications. Recent studies have demonstrated that significant I/O operations are performed by a number of different classes of parallel applications. This paper focuses on some basic issues that underlie scheduling in multiprogrammed parallel environments running applications with I/O. Characterization of the I/O behavior of parallel applications is discussed first. Based on simulation models this research investigates the influence of these I/O characteristics on processor scheduling

Keywords

input-output programs; multiprocessing programs; multiprocessing systems; parallel processing; scheduling; I/O operations; multiprogrammed parallel systems; parallel environments; parallel systems; processor scheduling; scheduling; Application software; Concurrent computing; Costs; Hardware; Hypercubes; Message passing; Multiprocessing systems; Processor scheduling; Software tools; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel and Distributed Processing, 1994. Proceedings. Sixth IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6427-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPDP.1994.346154

Filename

346154