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NetSolve:
A Network Server for Solving Computational Science Problems
Henri Casanova
University of Tennessee
UTK, Dept. of Computer Science - 104, Ayres Hall. KNOXVILLE, TN 37996-1301.
casanova@cs.utk.edu
http://www.cs.utk.edu/
casanova
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Jack Dongarra
University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
UTK, Dept. of Computer Science - 104, Ayres Hall. KNOXVILLE, TN 37996-1301.
dongarra@cs.utk.edu
http://www.netlib.org/utk/people/JackDongarra.html
Abstract:
This paper presents a new system, called NetSolve, that allows users to access
computational resources, such as hardware and software,
distributed across the network.
The development of NetSolve was
motivated by the need for an easy-to-use, efficient
mechanism for using computational resources remotely.
Ease of use is obtained as a result of different interfaces, some of which
require no programming effort from the user. Good performance is ensured by
a load-balancing policy that enables NetSolve to use the computational resources available
as efficiently as possible.
NetSolve offers the ability to look for computational resources on a network, choose the best one available, solve a problem (with retry for fault-tolerance), and
return the answer to the user.
Keywords
Networking, Heterogeneity, Load Balancing,
Client-Server, Fault Tolerance, Numerical Computing, Virtual Library.
Joint Institute for Computational Science
Mon Apr 29 13:00:40 EDT 1996