The MGIC Proiect: From Ksion to ReaIiv
Barbara B. Fuller, Mitretek Systems, Ira Richer · 1996
In the MAGIC project, three maior components - an ATM internetwork, a distributed, network-based storage system, and a terrain visualization application - were designed, implemented, and integrated to create a testbed for demonstrating real-time, interactive exchange of data at high speeds among distributed resources. The testbed was developed as a system, with special consideration to how erformance was affected by interactions among the on the challen es associated with implementing a complex distributed system, and with coorjinating a multi-organization collaborative projeci that relied on distributed development. System-level design issues and performance measurements are described, as is a tool that was developed for analyzing performance and diagnosing problems in a distributed system. The management challenges that were encountered and some of the lessons learined during the course of the three-year project are discussed, and a brief summary of MAGIC-II, a recently initiated follow-on project, is given. components. This artic P e presents an overview of the project, with emphasis