Nimrod/G: An architecture for a resource management and scheduling system in a global computational grid

Proceedings - 4th International Conference/Exhibition on High Performance Computing in the Asia-Pacific Region, HPC-Asia 2000

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 283-289

  Buyya, R ^a   Abramson, D ^a   Giddy, J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER COMPUTING; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; GRID COMPUTING; HIGH SPEED NETWORKS; INTEROPERABILITY; MIDDLEWARE; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; TESTBEDS; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

COMMODITY COMPONENTS; COMPONENT-BASED ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTATIONAL ECONOMY; COMPUTATIONAL GRIDS; DISTRIBUTED OWNERSHIP; GRID MIDDLEWARE SERVICES; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND SCHEDULING;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84960378385     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HPC.2000.846563     Document Type: Conference Paper

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