CISE Research Instrumentation: System Support for Scalable, Fault-Tolerant Computing and Services on PC Clusters

EIA-9986046Thu D.NguyenRutgers University CIE研究仪器：对PC集群上可伸缩、容错计算和服务的系统支持高端PC集群是罗格斯大学计算机科学系最近成立的分布式计算实验室(DISCO Lab)研究的关键计算基础设施。请求的集群包括8台四处理器PC、一个具有四层交换功能的16端口Alteon GB/S以太网局域网和一个16个网卡，以及一个带有8个网卡的16端口Myrnet GB/S局域网。该集群将支持几个项目的研究，这些项目共同旨在提高集群计算的最新水平，朝着实现PC集群的强大和高效的分布式计算环境的方向迈进。具体地说，该提案描述了四个项目：(I)开发健壮的软件分布式共享存储环境以支持新兴的集群应用；(Ii)为高效地全球利用集群资源构建系统支持；(Iii)探索构建高可用操作系统；以及(Iv)实现分布式应用，例如数据挖掘、可扩展服务器和交互式连续媒体应用以及在集群上高效支持它们的系统机制和政策。

EIA-9986046Thu D. NguyenRutgers UniversityCISE Research Instrumentation: System Support for Scalable, Fault-Tolerant Computing and Service on PC ClustersA high-end PC cluster is the crucial computing infrastructure for research in the recently established Distributed Computing Laboratory (DISCO Lab) in the Department of Computer Science at Rutgers University. The requested cluster consists of 8 quad-processor PCs, a 16-port Alteon Gb/s Ethernet LAN with layer 4 switching capabilities and a 16 NICs, and a 16-port Myrinet Gb/s LAN with 8 NICs. This cluster will support research in several projects that jointly, are intended to improve the state-of-the-art in cluster computing, moving towards the realization of a robust and efficient distributed computing environment for clusters of PCs. In particular, this proposal describes four projects: (i) developing a robust software distributed shared-memory environment to support emerging cluster applications, (ii) building system support for efficient global utilization of cluster resources (iii) exploring the construction of highly available operating systems, and (iv) implementing distributed applications such as data mining, scalable servers, and interactive continuous media applications and system mechanisms and policies to support them efficiently on clusters.