Towards a Centralized Scheduling Framework for Communication Flows in Distributed Systems

Mugurel Ionut Andreica (1) , Eliana-Dina Tirsa (1) , Nicolae Tapus (1) , Florin Pop (2) , Ciprian Mihai Dobre (1)

1 Parallel and Distributed Systems Laboratory [Bucarest]
2 Computer Science Department [Bucarest]

The overall performance of a distributed system is highly dependent on the communication efficiency of the system. Although network resources (links, bandwidth) are becoming increasingly more available, the communication performance of data transfers involving large volumes of data does not necessarily improve at the same rate. This is due to the inefficient usage of the available network resources. A solution to this problem consists of data transfer scheduling techniques, which manage and allocate the network resources in an efficient manner. In this paper we present several online and offline data transfer optimization techniques, in the context of a centrally controlled distributed system.

Domaines: Algorithme et structure de données [cs.DS]; Calcul parallèle, distribué et partagé [cs.DC]; Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Mugurel Ionut Andreica, Eliana-Dina Tirsa, Nicolae Tapus, Florin Pop, Ciprian Mihai Dobre. Towards a Centralized Scheduling Framework for Communication Flows in Distributed Systems. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Control Systems and Computer Science (CSCS) (ISSN: 2066-4451), May 2009, Bucharest, Romania. pp.441-448. ⟨hal-00466884⟩