Performance comparison of two virtual machine scenarios using an HPC application: A case study using molecular dynamics simulations

Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Workshop on System-level Virtualization for High Performance Computing, HPCVirt'09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 33-40

  Tikotekar, Anand ^a   Ong, Hong ^a   Alam, Sadaf ^a   Vallée, Geoffroy ^a   Naughton, Thomas ^a   Engelmann, Christian ^a   Scott, Stephen L ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROCESS; HIGH FLEXIBILITY; HYPERVISOR; LOSS RATIO; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PARALLEL SIMULATOR; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; PERFORMANCE IMPACT; PERFORMANCE TRADE-OFF; USAGE SCENARIOS; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL MACHINE CONFIGURATION; VIRTUAL MACHINES;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 70349122423     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1519138.1519143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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