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PVM Emulation in the Harness Metacomputing System: A Plug-In Based Approach

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Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface (EuroPVM/MPI 1999)

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Metacomputing frameworks have received renewed attention of late, fueled both by advances in hardware and networking, and by novel concepts such as computational grids. Harness is an experimental metacomputing system based upon the principle of dynamic reconfigurability not only in terms of the computers and networks that comprise the virtual machine, but also in the capabilities of the VM itself. These characteristics may be modified under user control via a “plug-in” mechanism that is the central feature of the system. In this paper we describe our preliminary experience in the design of PVM emulation by means of a set of plug-in.

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  1. Dept. Of Math & Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA

    Mauro Migliardi & Vaidy Sunderam

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  1. OakRidge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee, 107, Ayres Hall, Knoxville, TN, 37996-1301, USA

    Jack Dongarra

  2. Computer Science Department Computer Architecture and Operating Systems Group, Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona, E-08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

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Migliardi, M., Sunderam, V. (1999). PVM Emulation in the Harness Metacomputing System: A Plug-In Based Approach. In: Dongarra, J., Luque, E., Margalef, T. (eds) Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface. EuroPVM/MPI 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1697. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48158-3_15

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