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A Grid Resource Allocation Mechanism for Heterogeneous E-waste Computers
Lynar, T.M., Herbert, R.D., Chivers, W.J. and Simon
While most grids and clusters are built from uniform
nodes of new hardware, the notion of a grid of obsolete
computers rescued from the scrapheap appeals in several ways such as lower environmental and financial
cost. Existing resource allocation mechanisms, in assuming that nodes are equally capable, equally power
efficient and equally reliable, fail to cater for the distinct features of an e-waste grid. This paper presents
a resource allocation mechanism explicitly designed
with the features of such an e-waste grid in mind,
proposes an objective function to assess the mechanism, and tests the mechanism against two existing
resource allocation mechanisms. In simulated tests of
the three mechanisms, the new mechanism performs
better than the other two, particularly under heavy
load. |
Cite as: Lynar, T.M., Herbert, R.D., Chivers, W.J. and Simon (2009). A Grid Resource Allocation Mechanism for Heterogeneous E-waste Computers. In Proc. Seventh Australasian Symposium on Grid Computing and e-Research (AusGrid 2009), Wellington, New Zealand. CRPIT, 99. Roe, P. and Kelly, W., Eds. ACS. 69-75. |
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