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The MultiCluster Model to the Integrated Use of Multiple Workstation Clusters

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Parallel and Distributed Processing (IPDPS 2000)

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One of the new research tendencies within the well-established cluster computing area is the growing interest in the use of multiple workstation clusters as a single virtual parallel machine, in much the same way as individual workstations are nowadays connected to build a single parallel cluster. In this paper we present an analysis on several aspects concerning the integration of different workstation clusters, such as Myrinet and SCI, and propose our MultiCluster model as an alternative to achieve such integrated architecture.

M.Sc. student at PPGC/UFRGS (CAPES fellow)

M.Sc. (PPGC/UFRGS, 1999); RHAE/CNPq researcher at PPGC/UFRGS

Ph.D. (INPG, Grenoble — France, 1979); Professor at PPGC/UFRGS

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  1. Institute of Informatics, UFRGS, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500 Bl. IV, PO Box 15064, 90501-910, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Marcos Barreto, Rafael Ávila & Philippe Navaux

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Barreto, M., Ávila, R., Navaux, P. (2000). The MultiCluster Model to the Integrated Use of Multiple Workstation Clusters. In: Rolim, J. (eds) Parallel and Distributed Processing. IPDPS 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1800. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45591-4_8

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