TGrid - Grid runtime support for hierarchically structured task-parallel programs

In this article we introduce a grid runtime system called TGrid which is designed to run hierarchically structured task-parallel programs on heterogenous environments and can also be used for common component-based grid programming. TGrid is built on top of a location-aware communication layer which enables the runtime system to cluster grid nodes. As a result, the component scheduler assigns a multi-processor task to a set of processors taking into account the spatial locality within the available processors. The multi-processor task directly benefits from having less network overhead and thus, the overall runtime of a gridenabled multi-processor program is reduced.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: CLUSTER
• Authors: Sascha Hunold, Thomas Rauber, Gudula Rünger
• Keywords: CLUSTER 2006, Cluster Computing, Common Component-based Grid, Grid Runtime, Multi-processor Task