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The DFN Remote Procedure Call Tool for Parallel and Distributed Applications

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Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen

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DFN-RPC, a remote procedure call tool, was designed to distribute scientific applications accross workstations and compute servers. This document describes the methods in which the DFN-RPC tool supports parallel and distributed applications. Asynchronous RPC’s are enhanced into parallel RPC’s and combined with data pipes. The startup of processes required for a distributed environment is integrated. The features and possibilities of DFN-RPC’s are compared with those of DCE, PVM, Cronus, Astra and Mercury.

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  1. Computer Center University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 30, D-70550, Stuttgart, Germany

    Rolf Rabenseifner

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  1. Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Technische Universität Chemnitz-Zwickau, D-09107, Chemnitz, Deutschland

    Klaus Franke

  2. Fakultät für Informatik, Technische Universität Chemnitz-Zwickau, D-09107, Chemnitz, Deutschland

    Uwe Hübner  & Winfried Kalfa  & 

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Rabenseifner, R. (1995). The DFN Remote Procedure Call Tool for Parallel and Distributed Applications. In: Franke, K., Hübner, U., Kalfa, W. (eds) Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen. Informatik aktuell. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79561-9_31

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