Title :
MGST: A framework for performance evaluation of Desktop Grids
Author :
Kokaly, Majd ; Al-Azzoni, Issam ; Down, Douglas G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Software, McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Desktop Grids are rapidly gaining popularity as a cost-effective computing platform for the execution of applications with extensive computing needs. As opposed to grids and clusters, these systems are characterized by having a non-dedicated infrastructure. These unique characteristics need to be considered in developing resource management strategies for Desktop Grids. Several frameworks for the performance evaluation of resource management strategies have been suggested for grids. However, similar projects for Desktop Grids are still lacking. This paper presents MGST, the first performance testing framework for Desktop Grids. We discuss the design of the tool and show how it can be used to analyze and improve the performance of an existing Desktop Grid scheduling policy.
Keywords :
grid computing; program testing; software performance evaluation; MGST; desktop grids; nondedicated infrastructure; performance evaluation; performance testing framework; resource management strategies; scheduling policy; Application software; Automatic testing; Computer applications; Grid computing; Performance analysis; Resource management; Scalability; Scheduling; Software performance; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel & Distributed Processing, 2009. IPDPS 2009. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3751-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1530-2075
DOI :
10.1109/IPDPS.2009.5161133
