High Performance Cluster Computing: Architectures and Systems, Vol. 1 Paperback - 1999 - 1st Edition

Cluster computing: the state-of-the-art in theory and practice Rapid improvements in network and processor performance are revolutionizing high-performance computing, transforming clustered commodity workstations into the supercomputing solution of choice. This book brings together contributions from more than 100 leading practitioners, offering a single source for up-to-the-minute information on virtually every key system-related issue in high-performance cluster computing. The book contains expert coverage of commodity supercomputing systems and architectures; Internet-based wide area metacomputing systems; the role of Java; new applications and algorithms; advanced techniques for enhancing availability and throughput; and much more. Discover the state-of-the-art in: * Communal multiprocessing/adaptive parallelism techniques for resource sharing * Networking, lightweight protocols, active messages, killer switches, and I/O * Cluster middleware and resource management systems * Cluster computing programming environments, tools, and paradigms * Administering high-performance clustered systems High Performance Cluster Computing, Volume 1: Architectures and Systems captures the