Computing on large-scale distributed systems: XtremWeb architecture, programming models, security, tests and convergence with grid

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 417-437

  Cappello, Franck ^a   Djilali, Samir ^a   Fedak, Gilles ^a   Herault, Thomas ^a   Magniette, Frédéric ^a   Néri, Vincent ^b   Lodygensky, Oleg ^c  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Sciences du Numérique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Global Computing systems; Large scale distributed systems; XtremWeb

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS; SECURITY OF DATA; SUPERCOMPUTERS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

GLOBAL COMPUTING SYSTEMS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HPC); LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; XTREMWEB;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 10644223387     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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