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The Problems and the Solutions of the Metacomputing Experiment in SC99

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High Performance Computing and Networking (HPCN-Europe 2000)

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An intercontinental network of supercomputers spanning more than 10000 miles and running challenging scientific applications was realized at the Supercomputing’99 (SC’99) conference in Portland, Oregon, USA using PACX-MPI and ATM PVCs. In this paper, we describe how we constructed the heterogeneous cluster of supercomputers, the problems we confronted in terms of multi-architecture and the way several applications handled the specific requirements of a metacomputer.

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  1. Manchester Computing, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

    Stephen Pickles, Fumie Costen & John Brooke

  2. High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, Allmandring 30, D-70550, Stuttgart, Germany

    Edgar Gabriel, Matthias Müller & Michael Resch

  3. N.R.A.L., Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 9DL, UK

    Stephen Ord

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  1. Institute of Computer Science and Academic Computer Center CYFRONET, University of Mining and Metallurgy (AGH), al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059, Cracow, Poland

    Marian Bubak

  2. Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen, Wiskunde en Informatica, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1098 SJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  3. California Institute of Technology, Caltech 158-79, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA

    Roy Williams

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Pickles, S. et al. (2000). The Problems and the Solutions of the Metacomputing Experiment in SC99. In: Bubak, M., Afsarmanesh, H., Hertzberger, B., Williams, R. (eds) High Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1823. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45492-6_3

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