Metacomputing environment for demanding applications: design, implementation, experiments and business benefit

Meliones, A; Varvarigou, T; Tsagronis, P; Emmen, A; Barosan, I

dc.contributor.author	Meliones, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Varvarigou, T	en
dc.contributor.author	Tsagronis, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Emmen, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Barosan, I	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:14:19Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:14:19Z
dc.date.issued	1999	en
dc.identifier.issn	0167-739X	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/12993
dc.subject	distributed high-performance computing	en
dc.subject	metacomputing	en
dc.subject	cluster computing	en
dc.subject	post production	en
dc.subject	remote rendering	en
dc.subject	distributed rendering	en
dc.subject	CODINE	en
dc.subject	job management	en
dc.subject	turnaround time	en
dc.subject	loosely-coupled parallelism	en
dc.subject	EROPPA	en
dc.subject.classification	Computer Science, Theory & Methods	en
dc.subject.other	Computer software	en
dc.subject.other	Optimization	en
dc.subject.other	Parallel processing systems	en
dc.subject.other	Resource allocation	en
dc.subject.other	Scheduling	en
dc.subject.other	Three dimensional	en
dc.subject.other	Turnaround time	en
dc.subject.other	Cluster computing	en
dc.subject.other	Distributed high performance computing	en
dc.subject.other	Distributed rendering	en
dc.subject.other	Job management	en
dc.subject.other	Metacomputing	en
dc.subject.other	Post production	en
dc.subject.other	Remote rendering	en
dc.subject.other	Distributed computer systems	en
dc.title	Metacomputing environment for demanding applications: design, implementation, experiments and business benefit	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/S0167-739X(99)00027-8	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-739X(99)00027-8	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1999	en
heal.abstract	The paper describes the design, implementation, and use of a commercial metacomputing environment for computationally intensive loosely-coupled parallel applications. Much weight has been laid on practical and commercialisation aspects, and on business benefit. This distinguishes this work from many other metacomputing activities in a positive way. It demonstrates how a metacomputing environment can be used to improve a company's position in the market. A cluster of networked geographically dispersed computing nodes is considered as physical layer. The proposed distribution of work over the nodes of the execution network is proven optimal, in terms of minimizing the execution time, with respect to the availability of resources. We also present our experience on testing the environment for computing-intensive 3D-rendering jobs derived from the ESPRIT project EROPPA and demonstrate that the new environment can change dramatically the character of the post production business. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands	en
heal.journalName	Future Generation Computer Systems	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S0167-739X(99)00027-8	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000082167300022	en
dc.identifier.volume	15	en
dc.identifier.issue	5	en
dc.identifier.spage	787	en
dc.identifier.epage	806	en