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Parallel Computing Environment based on Windows Operating System

Windows 운영체제 기반의 병렬 계산 환경

  • Published : 2003.05.01
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Abstract

A parallel computing environment based on Windows operating system was constructed and a performance test was mode in comparison with Linux based systems. The Windows 2000 cluster was composed with servers and clients connected by Fast-ethernet, within which two sub-clusters may operates together or separately. Compaq Visual Fortran complier and two MPI libraries, MPICH.NT.1.2.2 and NT-MPICHNT.1.2 were installed as computing tools. Parallel computing performance tests were carried out using two-dimensional preconditioned Navier-Stokes code to examine the dependency on the number of processors, problem size and MPI libraries, those were compared with results from Linux clusters. Results shows that a cluster based on the user-friendly Windows operating system is also useful for the parallel computing and has good performance comparable to the previous Linux clusters.

Windows 운영체제 기반의 병렬처리 환경을 구축하였으며, 리눅스 운영체제 기반의 시스템과 비교하여 병렬처리 성능을 살펴보았다. Windows 클러스터는 Fast-Ethernet으로 연결된 서버와 클라이언트로 구성되어 있으며, 두 개의 클러스터가 동시에 또는 개별적으로 운용될 수 있도록 구성하였다. 계산 도구로서 Compaq Visual Fortran 컴파일러와 두 개의 MPI 라이브러리, MPICH.NT.1.2.2 와 MP-MPICHNT.1.2 를 설치하였다. 병렬 처리 성능 시험은 이차원 예조건화 Navier-Stokes 코드를 이용하여 수행하였으며, 리눅스 클러스터의 결과와 비교하여, 프로세서의 수, 문제의 크기 그리고 MPI 라이브러리에 따른 의존성을 살펴보았다. 이 결과는 사용자에게 친숙한 Windows 운영체제 기반의 클러스터가 병렬 계산 환경에서도 유용하며, 이전의 리눅스 클러스터에 버금가는 우수한 성능을 보여주었다.

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