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System support for distributed computing

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High-Performance Computing and Networking (HPCN-Europe 1994)

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This paper hints at models and mechanisms which are part of current distributed systems research, and which may be of interest in the area of distributed, parallel computing as well. In this context, an experimental toolkit which allows for object-oriented programming of distributed, failure-resilient applications is presented. The toolkit, called Electra, supports novel features like object-oriented communication, object-groups, and reliable multicast. We will compare the performance of a compute intensive application implemented on Electra, on PVM, on a transputer, and on two different Linda systems.

This work is supported by Siemens AG ZFE, Germany, by the Union Bank of Switzerland, and by the Eidgenössisches Volkswirtschaftsdepartement, Kommission zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (KWF), Switzerland, Grants No. 2255.1, 2554.1

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, CH-8057, Zurich

    Silvano Maffeis

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Maffeis, S. (1994). System support for distributed computing. In: Gentzsch, W., Harms, U. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 797. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57981-8_133

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