Load Balancing with Maitre d'

Abstract

As the number of machines in a computer installation increases, the likelihood that they are all being equally used is very small. We have implemented a load-balancing system to increase the overall utilization and throughput of a network of computers. With this system, a busy machine will locate an underutilized one and attempt to process certain types of CPU intensive jobs there. We present here a complete functional description of the system and an analysis of its performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 17, 1985
Accession Number
ADA185092

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  • Brian Bershad

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  • University of California, Berkeley

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  • C4I
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  • Computer science

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