Abstract
The processing and the communication capacities of interconnected workstations are currently not prohibitive for executing parallel and distributed applications. The programs can be executed on remote workstations yet deliver the results locally or where they are required, provided the overhead is tolerable. This capability opens up a whole new era. With a task (or process) migration facility, it would be possible to utilize abundant processing power and realize fail-proof execution of applications. This paper presents a task migration infrastructure (TMI), which allows tasks to dynamically migrate amongst the workstations. It incorporates parallel and distributed applications. Contrary to other studies, TMI is partly integrated into the UNIX kernel in the form of enhancements (E-kernel) and it is based on a dedicated message passing communication interface. TMI is to serve as an infrastructure for higher level usage such as fault tolerance, load balancing, and resource utilization. The experimental results have acknowledged the feasibility of TMI, in particular for long running applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 279-295 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Computers and Electrical Engineering |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 3 Apr 2000 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We like to acknowledge the support provided by King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals to conduct this work.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- General Computer Science
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering