The effect of real workloads and stochastic workloads on the performance of allocation and scheduling algorithms in 2D mesh multicomputers

S. Bani-Mohammad, M. Ould-Khaoua, Lewis M. Mackenzie, I. Ababneh, J. D. Ferguson
2008 Proceedings, International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS)  
2008) The effect of real workloads and stochastic workloads on the performance of allocation and scheduling algorithms in 2D mesh multicomputers. Abstract The performance of the existing non-contiguous processor allocation strategies has been traditionally carried out by means of simulation based on a stochastic workload model to generate a stream of incoming jobs. To validate the performance of the existing algorithms, there has been a need to evaluate the algorithms' performance based on a
more » ... l workload trace. In this paper, we evaluate the performance of several well-known processor allocation and job scheduling strategies based on a real workload trace and compare the results against those obtained from using a stochastic workload. Our results reveal that the conclusions reached on the relative performance merits of the allocation strategies when a real workload trace is used are in general compatible with those obtained when a stochastic workload is used.
doi:10.1109/ipdps.2008.4536492 dblp:conf/ipps/Bani-MohammadOMAF08 fatcat:ri3to5urkjejhgtq3z5e23r5r4