Fifth IEEE International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunications Systems (MASCOTS'97) A Hierarchical Load Sharing Policy for Distributed Systems Haifa, ISRAEL January 12-January 15 ISBN: 0-8186-7758-9
In dynamic load sharing policies, system state information can be collected in a distributed manner or by a single coordinator node. Two principal policies that belong to the distributed scheme are the sender-initiated and receiver-initiated policies. In the centralized scheme, a central coordinator node is responsible for collecting system state information. Distributed policies do not perform as well as the centralized policy. Performance of distributed policies is sensitive to variance in job service times and inter-arrival times. Distributed policies, however, are scalable whereas the centralized policy can cause bottleneck and fault-tolerance problems for large systems. We propose a hierarchical load sharing policy that minimizes the drawbacks associated with the distributed and centralized policies while retaining their advantages. The results presented here show that the hierarchical policy inherits the merits of the centralized and distributed policies while minimizing the disadvantages associated with them.
Citation:
Sivarama P. Dandamudi, K. C. Michael Lo, "A Hierarchical Load Sharing Policy for Distributed Systems," mascots, pp.3, Fifth IEEE International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunications Systems (MASCOTS'97), 1997 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||