FFMK: A Fast and Fault-Tolerant Microkernel-Based System for Exascale Computing
Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report › Conference contribution › Contributed › peer-review
Contributors
Abstract
In this paper we describe the hardware and application-inherent challenges that future exascale systems pose to high-performance computing (HPC) and propose a system architecture that addresses them. This architecture is based on proven building blocks and few principles: (1) a fast light-weight kernel that is supported by a virtualized Linux for tasks that are not performance critical, (2) decentralized load and health management using fault-tolerant gossip-based information dissemination, (3) a maximally-parallel checkpoint store for cheap checkpoint/restart in the presence of frequent component failures, and (4) a runtime that enables applications to interact with the underlying system platform through new interfaces. The paper discusses the vision behind FFMK and the current state of a prototype implementation of the system, which is based on a microkernel and an adapted MPI runtime.
Details
Original language | English |
---|---|
Title of host publication | Software for Exascale Computing - SPPEXA 2013-2015 |
Publisher | Springer, Cham |
Pages | 405-426 |
Number of pages | 22 |
ISBN (print) | 978-3-319-40526-1 |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Publication series
Series | Lecture notes in computational science and engineering : LNCSE |
---|---|
Volume | 136 |
External IDs
Scopus | 84989926715 |
---|---|
ORCID | /0000-0003-3137-0648/work/142238849 |
Keywords
Keywords
- MPI library, applikation, performance