Performance Measurement, Debugging and Load Balancing for Metacomputing
Miroslav Bubák, Włodzimierz Funika, Dariusz Żbik, G.D. van Albada, Kamil A. Iskra, Peter M. A. Sloot, Roland Wismüller, K. Sowa‐Piekło · UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) · 2000
The paper presents experience with building tools for the development of parallel applications and for load balancing using a library of migrating sockets. Based on this experience, design ideas for a tool environment which supports metacomputer applications are presented. These ideas are related to aspects of tools development for the Globus system. 1 Introduction When developing a program for modern computer architectures, it is crucial to have tools, which support the design, debugging, testing, and evaluation phases of program development. However, building parallel tools which meet requirements imposed by a metacomputer system and users is a tough task. On the other hand, a computer system should enable an ecient and transparent use of its resources. Based on our experience in the development of utilities for parallel distributed computing, we present design ideas for a tool environment that supports performance measurement, debugging and load balancing of metacomputer (gri...