[Swift-devel] Fwd: Release MRNET 2.0

[Ioan Raicu]

Here are two of their recent papers that are relevant:
ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/paradyn/papers/Lee08ScalingSTAT.pdf
ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/paradyn/papers/Brim08GroupFile.pdf

Still reading them, but good finds!

Ioan

Ian Foster wrote:
> could potentially be relevant to BG/P work ...
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> *From: *Barton Miller <bart at cs.wisc.edu <mailto:bart at cs.wisc.edu>>
>> *Date: *July 14, 2008 11:35:50 AM CDT
>> *To: *foster at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:foster at mcs.anl.gov>
>> *Subject: **Release MRNET 2.0*
>>
>> *********************************************************************
>> *      Release 2.0 of the MRNet Multicast/Reduction Network         *
>> *********************************************************************
>>
>> The new 2.0 release of MRNet is now available. This release of MRNet
>> includes a source distribution for Unix/Linux and Windows platforms,
>> plus pre-built binaries for Windows. The release also includes
>> associated manuals.
>>
>> Improvements made to MRNet since version 1.2 have been incorporated into
>> version 2.0.
>>
>> MRNet is a customizable, high-performance software infrastructure for
>> building scalable tools and applications.  It supports efficient
>> multicast and data aggregation functionality using a tree of processes
>> between the tool's front-end and back-ends.  MRNet-based tools may use
>> these internal processes to distribute many important tool activities,
>> for example to reduce data analysis time and keep tool front-end loads
>> manageable.
>>
>> More information about MRNet, including downloads for binary and
>> source, can be found at:
>>    http://www.paradyn.org/mrnet
>>
>> Technical papers about MRNet can be found in the 'Middleware' section at:
>>    http://www.paradyn.org/html/publications-by-category.html
>>
>> The new features and fixes include:
>>
>> * Fault tolerance and recovery for internal MRNet node failures
>> * Improved API for examining MRNet topology
>> * New filter capabilities such as dynamic configuration
>> * Improved memory management
>> * Improved support for multi-threaded front-ends and back-ends
>> * Updated examples, including a sample Makefile
>> * Numerous bug fixes and enhancements
>>
>> MRNet is designed to be a highly-portable system. The source code has
>> been compiled using both GNU GCC and native platform compilers. We
>> have successfully tested MRNet components on the following platforms:
>> - Linux: x86, x86_64, ia64, powerpc64
>> - Solaris: sparc32, sparc64
>> - AIX 5.2: rs6000
>> - Windows: x86
>>
>> Please send questions or comments to paradyn at cs.wisc.edu 
>> <mailto:paradyn at cs.wisc.edu>
>
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