NetSolve: A Network Previous: Programming Interfaces

Load Balancing in NetSolve

Load balancing is one of the most attractive features of the NetSolve project. Since NetSolve performs computations over a network containing a large number of machines with different characteristics, and one of these machines is the most suitable for a given problem. Before we consider how NetSolve tries to determine which machine is to be chosen, let us examine what criteria determine the best machine.

• Calculating the Best Machine
• Performance Model
• Computation of T
  • Network Characteristics.
  • Complexity of the Algorithm.
  • Raw Performance.
• The Workload Model