Towards an efficient single system image cluster operating system

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 505-521

  Morin, Christine ^a   Gallard, Pascal ^a   Lottiaux, Renaud ^a   Vallee, Geoffroy ^b  

^a CAMPUS DE BEAULIEU   (France)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Cluster; Distributed system; Operating system; Single system image

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MULTIPROCESSING PROGRAMS; SERVERS;

DYNAMIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SINGLE SYSTEM IMAGE;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 1842484480     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-739X(03)00170-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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