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

EIA-9986046星期四D. NguyenRutgers UniversityCISE研究仪器：可扩展的系统支持，容错计算和PC机上的服务一个高端PC集群是在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实验室）研究的关键计算基础设施。 请求的群集包括8台四处理器PC、一个具有第4层交换功能和16个以太网端口的16端口Alteon Gb/s以太网LAN，以及一个具有8个以太网端口的16端口Myrinet Gb/s LAN。 该集群将支持几个项目的研究，这些项目旨在共同改进集群计算的最新技术，为PC集群实现一个强大而高效的分布式计算环境。 该提案特别描述了四个项目：（i）开发一个强大的软件分布式共享内存环境，以支持新兴的集群应用程序，（ii）建立系统支持，以有效地利用集群资源，（iii）探索构建高度可用的操作系统，以及（iv）实现分布式应用程序，如数据挖掘，可伸缩服务器，以及交互式连续媒体应用和系统机制和策略，以在集群上有效地支持它们。

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.