CISE Research Instrumentation: Distributed Computing and Real-Time Networking Research

CDA 9529442 Vaidya，Nitin Welch，Jennifer赵，魏Amato，Nancy Texas A&M；M大学德州工程实验站学院站，德克萨斯州77843-3000分布式计算和实时网络研究本提案请求为同构工作站集群和ATM-FDDI网络硬件提供资金，以帮助分布式计算和实时网络的研究。该设备对几个项目很有用，包括：(1)异质网络中的实时通信：该项目开发了在关键任务系统中流行的异质网络中保证截止日期的技术。所需设备可用于试验由ATM和FDDI组成的网络。(2)分布式系统管理算法：通过形式化的分析和实验，提出了分布式系统的性能和故障管理算法。实际评估需要一个专用的同构工作站集群，以实现无中断测试和趋势预测。(3)并行应用的故障恢复方案：需要设计高效的故障恢复方案，以最大限度地减少出现故障时的执行时间。所请求的工作站提供了定量比较不同恢复方案所需的同质计算环境。(4)分布式共享内存(DSM)系统设计：请求设备提供工作站集群和高速联网，以开发具有高性能的自适应容错DSM

CDA 9529442 Vaidya, Nitin Welch, Jennifer Zhao, Wei Amato, Nancy Texas A & M University Texas Engineering Experiment Station College Station, TX 77843-3000 Distributed Computing and Real-Time Networking Research This proposal requests funding for a homogeneous workstation cluster and ATM-FDDI networking hardware to aid research in distributed computing and real-time networking. The equipment is useful for several projects, including: (1) Real-time communication in heterogeneous networks: This project develops techniques for guaranteeing deadlines in heterogeneous networks popular in mission-critical systems. Requested equipment enables experimentation with a network consisting of ATM and FDDI. (2) Algorithms for distributed systems management: Algorithms are developed for managing performance and faults in distributed systems, using formal analysis and experimentation. Realistic assessment requires a dedicated cluster of homogeneous workstations to allow undisrupted testing and trend prediction. (3) Failure recovery schemes for parallel applications: Design of efficient recovery schemes is necessary to minimize execution time in presence of failures. The requested workstations provide a homogeneous computing environment necessary for quantitative comparison of different recovery schemes. (4) Distributed shared memory (DSM) system design: Requested equipment provides a workstation cluster and high-speed networking for development of an adaptive fault-tolerant DSM capable of achieving high performance