Publication detail

Performance Prediction of Cluster Computing

DVOŘÁK, V. ČEJKA, R.

Original Title

Performance Prediction of Cluster Computing

Type

article in a collection out of WoS and Scopus

Language

English

Original Abstract

In recent years, workstation clusters have become popular for solving scientific problems and running computation-intensive simulations in parallel. We present a simple CSP-based model of this kind of computing, suitable for dedicated clusters as well as for enterprise clusters connected via Ethernet. A Transim tool can be used to simulate various parallel applications running on workstation clusters. Since communication latency is quite high in clusters, prediction of processor utilization, obtainable speedup and execution time are of interest. The Transim tool enables to find all these figures in minimum time and with minimum effort. As an example, a solution of a large system of (1000+) linear equations on 8 workstations connected via a hardware router is simulated and results are presented.

Keywords

CSP, modeling, cluster computing, Transim

Authors

DVOŘÁK, V.; ČEJKA, R.

Released

1. 1. 1999

Publisher

Zilina University Publisher

Location

Sulov

ISBN

80-7100-635-1

Book

Proceedings of the International Workshop Modelling and Simulation in Management, Informatics and Control MOSMIC'99

Pages from

229

Pages to

233

Pages count

5

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT192270,
  author="Václav {Dvořák} and Rudolf {Čejka}",
  title="Performance Prediction of Cluster Computing",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the International Workshop Modelling and Simulation in Management, Informatics and Control MOSMIC'99",
  year="1999",
  pages="229--233",
  publisher="Zilina University Publisher",
  address="Sulov",
  isbn="80-7100-635-1"
}