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Recent technology trends in high-speed/low-latency local area networks has
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lead to a convergence of hardware in massively parallel processors (MPPs)
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and Networks of Workstations (NOWs). Relative to traditional MPPs, a NOW
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offers the potential for better cost-effectiveness, increased scalability,
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and decreased hardware and software development time. The main
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differentiating point between NOWs and MPPs will soon be the operating
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system software.
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Our system, called GLUnix, is built as a layer on top of existing
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operating systems. This strategy makes the system quickly portable, tracks
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vendor software upgrades, and reduces development time. Our work is an
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example of "higher-order" systems research where new systems can be built
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quickly by mapping new services onto the functionality provided by the
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layer beneath.
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see: http://now.cs.berkeley.edu
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