Publication Details
Title: A Fuzzy Based Load Sharing Mechanism for Distributed Systems
Author: H. Unger and T. Boehme
Group: ICSI Technical Reports
Date: August 1998
PDF: ftp://ftp.icsi.berkeley.edu/pub/techreports/1998/tr-98-026.pdf
Overview:
This report presents a load sharing heuristic for distributed computing on workstation clusters. The approach is novel in that it combines the use of predicted resource requirements of processes (CPU-time, memory requirements, density of the I/O-stream) and a fuzzy logic controller which makes the placement decision. The heuristic is distributed, i.e. each node runs a copy of the prediction and load sharing code, and its implementation is based on PVM. Using a benchmark program (Choleski factorization) experiments were conducted to compare the proposed heuristic against standard PVM and an older version of the presented heuristic without the fuzzy logic controller. Keywords: Distributed Systems, Fuzzy Logic, PVM, Workstation Cluster
Bibliographic Information:
ICSI Technical Report TR-98-026
Bibliographic Reference:
H. Unger and T. Boehme. A Fuzzy Based Load Sharing Mechanism for Distributed Systems. ICSI Technical Report TR-98-026, August 1998
Author: H. Unger and T. Boehme
Group: ICSI Technical Reports
Date: August 1998
PDF: ftp://ftp.icsi.berkeley.edu/pub/techreports/1998/tr-98-026.pdf
Overview:
This report presents a load sharing heuristic for distributed computing on workstation clusters. The approach is novel in that it combines the use of predicted resource requirements of processes (CPU-time, memory requirements, density of the I/O-stream) and a fuzzy logic controller which makes the placement decision. The heuristic is distributed, i.e. each node runs a copy of the prediction and load sharing code, and its implementation is based on PVM. Using a benchmark program (Choleski factorization) experiments were conducted to compare the proposed heuristic against standard PVM and an older version of the presented heuristic without the fuzzy logic controller. Keywords: Distributed Systems, Fuzzy Logic, PVM, Workstation Cluster
Bibliographic Information:
ICSI Technical Report TR-98-026
Bibliographic Reference:
H. Unger and T. Boehme. A Fuzzy Based Load Sharing Mechanism for Distributed Systems. ICSI Technical Report TR-98-026, August 1998