DocumentCode
3390450
Title
Investigation to make best use of LSF with high efficiency
Author
Costen, Fumie ; Brooke, John ; Pettipher, Mike
Author_Institution
Manchester Univ., UK
fYear
1999
fDate
1999
Firstpage
211
Lastpage
220
Abstract
A network of commodity workstations offers an effective platform for large scale parallel processing. The effectiveness of such systems can be greatly improved by efficient cluster management software. In this paper, we focus upon the widely used load sharing facility (LSF), and investigate its ability to run both parallel and serial simulations and increase the throughput of jobs. The experiment shows that LSF does a good job in terms of balancing the load for serial jobs and avoiding the machines with high processor utilization rates. Using the result of the experiment, we created a useful diagnostic tool for assessing the impact of load balancing software
Keywords
parallel processing; resource allocation; workstation clusters; cluster management software; commodity workstation network; diagnostic tool; job throughput; large scale parallel processing; load balancing software; load sharing facility; parallel simulations; serial simulations; Large-scale systems; Load management; Parallel processing; Software tools; Throughput; Workstations;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Cluster Computing, 1999. Proceedings. 1st IEEE Computer Society International Workshop on
Conference_Location
Melbourne, Vic.
Print_ISBN
0-7695-0343-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IWCC.1999.810827
Filename
810827
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