Abstract
The recent development of parallel and distributed computing software has introduced a variety of software tools that support several programming paradigms and languages. This variety of tools makes the selection of the best tool to run a given class of applications on a parallel or distributed system a non-trivial task that requires some investigation. We expect tool evaluation to receive more attention as the deployment and usage of distributed systems increases. In this paper, we present a multi-level evaluation methodology for parallel/distributed tools in which tools are evaluated from different perspectives. We apply our evaluation methodology to three message passing tools viz Express, p4, and PVM. The approach covers several important distributed systems platforms consisting of different computers (e.g., IBM-SP1, Alpha cluster, SUN workstations) interconnected by different types of networks (e.g., Ethernet, FDDI, ATM).
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 3-10 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| State | Published - 1995 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems - Vancouver, Can Duration: May 30 1995 → Jun 2 1995 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems |
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| City | Vancouver, Can |
| Period | 5/30/95 → 6/2/95 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Hardware and Architecture
- Computer Networks and Communications