Legion - A. Grimshaw, University of Virgina
Worldwide virtual computer
- millions of hosts, trillions of objects
- high performance parallel applications
Seamless transparent integration of
- gigabit wide area networks
- parallel supercomputers
- workstations and PC’s
- heterogeneity
Provides the services of a traditional OS
- Process creation and control
- File system
- Security
- Resource management and accounting
Run on top of existing operating systems
- Local systems provide raw materials: storage, CPUs
- Legion combines the resources into a single system