Year: 2000
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: We describe a new approach to object replication in Java, aimed at improving the performance of parallel programs.Our programming model allows the programmer to define groups of objects that can be replicated and update d as a whole, using totally-ordered broadcast to send update methods to all machines containing a copy.The model has been implemented in the Manta high-performance Java system.Performance measurements on a Myrinet cluster show that the replication mechanism is efficient (e.g., updating 16 replicas of a simple object takes 68 microseconds, only slightly longer than the Manta RMI latency).Example applications that use object replication perform as fast as manually optimized versions based on RMI.
Authors: Jason Maassen, Thilo Kielmann, Henri E. Bal
Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Language: English
Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2030825575