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IMPROVED PROGRAM PERFORMANCE USING A CLUSTER OF WORKSTATIONS

Graham E. Fagg, Shirley A. Williams

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Computers linked via a network can be used together to provide a powerful computing resource. Spreading the work of computationally intensive calculations across a cluster of computers considerably reduces the elapsed execution time compared to that achieved on a single workstation. Overall performance is limited by the slowest machine in the cluster. Here we investigate mechanisms by which the effects of slow machines can be ameliorated.

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Computers linked via a network can be used together to provide a powerful computing resource. Spreading the work of computationally intensive calculations across a cluster of computers considerably reduces the elapsed execution time compared to that achieved on a single workstation. Overall performance is limited by the slowest machine in the cluster. Here we investigate mechanisms by which the effects of slow machines can be ameliorated.

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Computers linked via a network can be used together to provide a powerful computing resource. Spreading the work of computationally intensive calculations across a cluster of computers considerably reduces the elapsed execution time compared to that achieved on a single workstation. Overall performance is limited by the slowest machine in the cluster. Here we investigate mechanisms by which the effects of slow machines can be ameliorated.

Key concepts: Workstation, Computer science, Cluster (spacecraft), Computer cluster, Parallel computing, Resource (disambiguation), Distributed computing, Cluster size

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