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The 4th International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (ISPDC'05)
Ghost Process: a Sound Basis to Implement Process Duplication, Migration and Checkpoint/Restart in Linux Clusters
Universit? of Lille 1, France
July 04-July 06
ISBN: 0-7695-2434-6
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Geoffroy Vallee, Renaud Lottiaux, David Margery, Christine Morin, "Ghost Process: a Sound Basis to Implement Process Duplication, Migration and Checkpoint/Restart in Linux Clusters," Parallel and Distributed Computing, International Symposium on, pp. 97-104, The 4th International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (ISPDC'05), 2005.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/ISPDC.2005.29,
author = {Geoffroy Vallee and Renaud Lottiaux and David Margery and Christine Morin},
title = {Ghost Process: a Sound Basis to Implement Process Duplication, Migration and Checkpoint/Restart in Linux Clusters},
journal ={Parallel and Distributed Computing, International Symposium on},
volume = {0},
year = {2005},
isbn = {0-7695-2434-6},
pages = {97-104},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/ISPDC.2005.29},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - CONF
JO - Parallel and Distributed Computing, International Symposium on
TI - Ghost Process: a Sound Basis to Implement Process Duplication, Migration and Checkpoint/Restart in Linux Clusters
SN - 0-7695-2434-6
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A1 - Geoffroy Vallee,
A1 - Renaud Lottiaux,
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A1 - Christine Morin,
PY - 2005
KW - Linux cluster
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JA - Parallel and Distributed Computing, International Symposium on
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Geoffroy Vallee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Renaud Lottiaux, IRISA/INRIA, PARIS, Campus Universitaire de Beaulieu, Rennes, Cedex, France
David Margery, IRISA/INRIA, PARIS, Campus Universitaire de Beaulieu, Rennes, Cedex, France
Christine Morin, IRISA/INRIA, PARIS, Campus Universitaire de Beaulieu, Rennes, Cedex, France

Process management mechanisms (process duplication, migration and checkpoint/restart) are very useful for high performance and high availability in clustering systems. The single system image approach aims at providing a global process management service with mechanisms for process checkpoint, process migration and process duplication. In this context, a common mechanism for process virtualization is highly desirable but traditional operating systems do not provide such a mecahnism.

This paper presents a kernel service for process virtualization called ghost process, extending the Linux kernel. The ghost process mechanism has been implemented in the Kerrighed single system image based on Linux.

Index Terms:
Linux cluster, distributed system, operating system, single system image, process virtualization.
Citation:
Geoffroy Vallee, Renaud Lottiaux, David Margery, Christine Morin, "Ghost Process: a Sound Basis to Implement Process Duplication, Migration and Checkpoint/Restart in Linux Clusters," ispdc, pp.97-104, The 4th International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (ISPDC'05), 2005
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