Locabus: A Kernel to Kernel Communication Channel for Cluster Computing

by Paul Werstein. Mark Pethick. Zhiyi Huang.

This paper proposes a kernel to kernel communication system for use in cluster computers. It is implemented directly on the Ethernet data link layer. This allows use of Ethernet's inherent broadcast capability. This system is implemented and performance tests are run. The results show significant improvement in broadcast performance. [via]

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