A study of a KVM-based cluster for grid computing

Proceedings of the 47th Annual Southeast Regional Conference, ACM-SE 47

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fenn, Michael ^a   Murphy, Michael A ^a   Goasgueny, Sebastien ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmark; Cluster; Condor; Grid; KVM

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER-BASED; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LINPACK; HIGH-THROUGHPUT COMPUTING; MPI APPLICATIONS; NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS; OPEN SCIENCE GRID; PERFORMANCE STUDY; VIRTUALIZATIONS;

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; MIDDLEWARE; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

GRID COMPUTING;

EID: 70449730104     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1566445.1566492     Document Type: Conference Paper

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