Performance comparison of LAM/MPI, MPICH, and MVICH on a linux cluster connected by a gigabit ethernet network

Proceedings of 4th Annual Linux Showcase and Conference 2000, ALS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Ong, Hong ^a   Farrell, Paul A ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM FIREWALLS; ETHERNET; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

COMMUNICATION THROUGHPUTS; DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS; GIGABIT ETHERNET NETWORKS; GIGABIT NETWORK; IMPROVE PERFORMANCE; MPI IMPLEMENTATIONS; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; PERFORMANCE STATISTICS;

LINUX;

EID: 0003499199     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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