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Title | ||
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Performance Comparison of Coscheduling Algorithms for Non-Dedicated Clusters Through a Generic Framework |
Abstract | ||
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In this paper, we address several key issues in designing coscheduling algorithms for clusters. First, we propose a generic framework for deploying coscheduling techniques by providing a reusable and dynamically loadable kernel module. Second, we implement several communication-driven coscheduling algorithms [dynamic coscheduling (DCS), spin block (SB) and periodic boost (PB)] on a 16- node Linux cluster using the above framework. Third, with exhaustive experimentation using mixed workloads, we observe that unlike PB, which provided the best performance on a Solaris platform, the SB scheme outperforms all other techniques on a Linux platform. Finally, we investigate the impact of several job placement strategies, multiprogramming level (MPL), communication intensity and CPU and I/O intensive jobs on the performance of these coscheduling schemes. The experimental results show that the blocking-based coscheduling scheme (SB) has better tolerance to system workload variation compared with the spin-based schemes (DCS and PB), and overall, the blocking-based coscheduling scheme seems a better choice for non-dedicated Linux clusters. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2007 | 10.1177/1094342006074868 | IJHPCA |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
node linux cluster,blocking-based coscheduling scheme,non-dedicated linux cluster,generic framework,linux platform,non-dedicated clusters,coscheduling algorithm,dynamic coscheduling,coscheduling scheme,performance comparison,coscheduling technique,coscheduling algorithms,spin-based scheme,sb scheme,distributed application,linux cluster | Cluster (physics),Computer science,Coscheduling,Scheduling (computing),Parallel computing,Algorithm,Computer multitasking,Loadable kernel module,Computer cluster,Operating system | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
21 | 1 | 1094-3420 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
2 | 0.39 | 17 |
Authors | ||
5 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gyu Sang Choi | 1 | 121 | 20.20 |
| Saurabh Agarwal | 2 | 162 | 11.26 |
| Jin-ha Kim | 3 | 329 | 18.78 |
| Chita R. Das | 4 | 1038 | 59.34 |
| Andy B. Yoo | 5 | 167 | 9.33 |