Distributed supercomputing software:
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The Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) is a general purpose distributed system developed by researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Emory University.The PVM system consist of a portable suite of software specifically designed for use by parallel and supercomputing application engineers.NIST researchers are studying PVM to assist them in defining the system service requirements needed to support parallel programming and supercomputing activities in the general purpose distributed setting.The requirements generated from this and other application domain studies will form the basis for a profile being developed at NIST that addresses these service requirements in the distributed environment.Based on the collective requirements from a variety of application areas, the NIST distributed system profile seeks to define the set of standards and specifications that all application platforms must support in order to participate in the distributed environment.This report focuses on defining the profile requirements culminating from our PVM assessment; therefore, this document will also provide reference material for those involved in evaluating distributed system software for the supercomputing domain.