Design and analysis of the Alliance/University of New Mexico Roadrunner Linux SMP SuperCluster

D. A. Bader, A. B. Maccabe, J. R. Mastaler, J. K. McIver, P. A. Kovatch

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Abstract

This paper discusses high performance clustering from a series of critical topics: architectural design, system software infrastructure, and programming environment. This is accomplished through an overview of a large scale, high performance SuperCluster (Roadrunner). This SuperCluster is based almost entirely on freely available, vendor-independent software: for example, its operating system (Linux), job scheduler (PBS), compilers (GNU/EGCS), and parallel programming libraries (MPI). The Globus toolkit, also available for this platform allows high performance distributed computing applications to use geographical distributed resources such as this SuperCluster. In addition to describing the design and analysis of the Roadrunner SuperCluster we provide experimental analyses from grand challenge applications and future directions for SuperClusters.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 1st IEEE Computer Society International Workshop on Cluster Computing, IWCC 1999
EditorsMark Baker, Heath James, Rajkumar Buyya, Ken Hawick
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages9-18
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)0769503438, 9780769503431
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes
Event1st IEEE Computer Society International Workshop on Cluster Computing, IWCC 1999 - Melbourne, Australia
Duration: Dec 2 1999Dec 3 1999

Publication series

NameProceedings - 1st IEEE Computer Society International Workshop on Cluster Computing, IWCC 1999

Conference

Conference1st IEEE Computer Society International Workshop on Cluster Computing, IWCC 1999
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne
Period12/2/9912/3/99

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Control and Optimization

Keywords

  • Cluster Computing
  • Communication Primitives
  • Experimental Parallel Algorithmics
  • Message Passing Interface (MPI)
  • Symmetric Multiprocessors (SMP)

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