Research Article
Archer: A Community Distributed Computing Infrastructure for Computer Architecture Research and Education
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-03354-4_7, author={Renato Figueiredo and P. Boykin and Jos\^{e} Fortes and Tao Li and Jie-Kwon Peir and David Wolinsky and Lizy John and David Kaeli and David Lilja and Sally McKee and Gokhan Memik and Alain Roy and Gary Tyson}, title={Archer: A Community Distributed Computing Infrastructure for Computer Architecture Research and Education}, proceedings={Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing. 4th International Conference, CollaborateCom 2008, Orlando, FL, USA, November 13-16, 2008, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={COLLABORATECOM}, year={2012}, month={5}, keywords={virtualization computer architecture simulation collaborative environments Grid computing}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-03354-4_7} }- Renato Figueiredo
P. Boykin
José Fortes
Tao Li
Jie-Kwon Peir
David Wolinsky
Lizy John
David Kaeli
David Lilja
Sally McKee
Gokhan Memik
Alain Roy
Gary Tyson
Year: 2012
Archer: A Community Distributed Computing Infrastructure for Computer Architecture Research and Education
COLLABORATECOM
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03354-4_7
Abstract
This paper introduces Archer, a community-based computing infrastructure supporting computer architecture research and education. The Archer system builds on virtualization techniques to provide a collaborative environment that facilitates sharing of computational resources and data among users. It integrates batch scheduling middleware to deliver high-throughput computing services aggregated from resources distributed across wide-area networks and owned by different participating entities in a seamless manner. The paper discusses the motivations that have led to the design of Archer, describes its core middleware components, and presents an analysis of the functionality and performance of the first wide-area deployment of Archer running a representative computer architecture simulation workload.