Performance Evaluation of the MOS Distributed System

Abstract

The MOS system is an integrated multicomputer system which was designed to preserve the standard UNIX interface while providing complete network transparency. This thesis measures and analyses the performance of the internal mechanisms of the system, including all of the system calls, interprocess communication mechanisms and process migration. Several distributed application programs, the most successful of which show an almost linear improvement in performance as the number of processors increases, are also analyzed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA201876

Entities

People

  • Richard Wheeler

Organizations

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Application Software
  • Compilers
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Data Transmission
  • Device Drivers
  • Dynamic Loads
  • Load Distribution
  • Load Monitoring
  • Measurement
  • Migration
  • Operating Systems
  • Standards
  • Throughput

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.