Nomad: A scalable operating system for clusters of uni- and multiprocessors

Proceedings - 1st IEEE Computer Society International Workshop on Cluster Computing, IWCC 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 247-254

  Pinheiro, E ^a   Bianchini, R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER COMPUTING; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; FAULT DETECTION; FILE ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS (CIRCUIT SWITCHING); MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING;

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY; CLUSTERS OF WORKSTATIONS; DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED OPERATING SYSTEMS; EFFICIENT MANAGEMENTS; EFFICIENT SCHEDULING; PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS; PROCESS CHECKPOINTING;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85009050338     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWCC.1999.810831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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