A Case for Low-Latency Communication Layer for Distributed Operating Systems

1 December 2021

journal article
research article
Published by Institute of Electronics, Information and Communications Engineers (IEICE) in IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

Vol. E104.D (12), 2244-2247
https://doi.org/10.1587/transinf.2021edl8049

Abstract

There have been increasing demands for distributed operating systems to better utilize scattered resources over multiple nodes. This paper enlightens the challenges and requirements for the communication layers for distributed operating systems, and makes a case for a versatile, high-performance communication layer over InfiniBand network.

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