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The Implementation of a High Performance ORB over Multiple Network Transports

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Middleware’98

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This paper describes the implementation of a high performance Object Request Broker (ORB)— omniORB2. The discussion focuses on the experience in achieving high performance by exploiting the protocol and other characteristics of the CORBA 2.0 specification. The design is also highly adaptable to a variety of network transports. The results of running the ORB over TCP/IP, shared memory, Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) and ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (AAL5) are presented. In both null calls and bulk data transfers, the performance of omniORB2 is significantly better than other commercial ORBS.

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  1. Olivetti & Oracle Research Laboratory, 24a Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1QA, England

    Sai-Lai Lo & Steve Pope

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  1. Distributed Multimedia Research Group, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK

    Nigel Davies  & Seitz Jochen  & 

  2. DSTC, Australia

    Kerry Raymond

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Lo, SL., Pope, S. (1998). The Implementation of a High Performance ORB over Multiple Network Transports. In: Davies, N., Jochen, S., Raymond, K. (eds) Middleware’98. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1283-9_10

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