DHPC Technical Report DHPC-103
Dynamic Cluster Configuration and Management using JavaSpaces
K.A.Hawick and H.A.James
Archived: 22 May 2001
Published in Proc. IEEE Cluster 2001, Newport Beach, USA, Oct 2001.
Abstract
Managing dynamic clusters that grow or shrink in their numbers of node
members is a challenging problem. We discuss the issues and
approaches to this problem and report a simple model for scheduling
tasks on a dynamic cluster. We show how this model can be
implemented as a configuration management system using the features
and capabilities of the Java language and development environment.
We describe our experiences in constructing a dynamic cluster control
system using the Java, Jini and JavaSpaces technologies. We report on
our use of Join and Depart space tuple entries and use of the leases
mechanism to partially address the problem of node failure.
Keywords: cluster computing; dynamic cluster; Java; Jini; JavaSpaces.
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