NetSolve: A Network Server for Solving Computational Science Problems
Jack DongarraUniversity of Tennessee & Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Friday July 23, 11.00 a.m. Parallel Algorithms Seminar CERFACS Conference Room
Abstract :
This talk presents a system, called NetSolve, that allows users to access computational resources, such as hardware and software, distributed across the network. This project has been 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 do not require any programming effort from the user. Good performance is ensured by a load-balancing policy that enables NetSolve to use the computational resource 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.
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