Distributed Processor Allocation in Multicomputers

Current processor allocation techniques for multicomputers are based on centralized front-end based algorithms. As a result, the applied strategies are usually restricted to static, contiguous, structure preserving allocation, and suffer from low parallelism and weak fault tolerance. To lift these restrictions we are investigating a distributed approach to the processor allocation problem for mesh interconnected distributed memory machines. We conducted several experiments, some simulated and some running over a Simens hpcLine Primergy Server with 96 nodes, which showed that distributed allocation is feasible with current technologies.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: CLUSTER
• Authors: Rose Rose, Hans-Ulrich Heiss, Philippe Olivier Alexandre Navaux
• Keywords: CLUSTER 2000, Distributed And Parallel Computing, Processor Allocation, Processor Allocation Techniques, Structure Preserving Allocation