A Comparison of Cluster and Grid Configurations Executing Image Processing Tasks in a Local Network

Author

de Oliveira Mattos, G. ; Lins, Rafael Dueire ; de Araujo Formiga, A. ; de Carvalho, F.H.

Author_Institution

Univ. Fed. de Pernambuco, Recife

fYear

2008

fDate

13-18 April 2008

Firstpage

408

Lastpage

414

Abstract

The use of clusters and grids for high-performance applications has become widespread lately. In general, one associates clusters with dedicated LANs and grids with WANs and internets. This paper reports the results of a comparative analysis between cluster and grid performance when executing a load-balanced, image processing application in a local-area network. The results obtained show almost no difference in total execution times, indicating that grid software may be used advantageously in LANs to run similar load-balanced applications.

Keywords

grid computing; image processing; resource allocation; workstation clusters; LAN; cluster configurations; grid configurations; grid software; high-performance applications; load-balanced image processing application; local-area network; Application software; Grid computing; High performance computing; IP networks; Image analysis; Image processing; Image storage; Internet; Local area networks; Workstations; Cluster; grid; image processing; load-balancing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Networking, 2008. ICN 2008. Seventh International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cancun

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3106-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3106-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICN.2008.75

Filename

4498196