Degree Name
MS (Master of Science)
Program
Computer and Information Science
Date of Award
8-2002
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Phillip E. Pfeiffer IV
Committee Members
Stephen Scott, Martin L. Barrett, David Tarnoff
Abstract
A cluster is a group of computing resources that are connected by a single computer network and are managed as a single system. Clusters potentially have three key advantages over workstations operated in isolation—fault tolerance, load balancing and support for distributed computing.
Information sharing among the cluster’s resources affects all phases of cluster administration. The thesis describes a new tool for distributing files within clusters. This tool, the Scalable and Reliable File Transfer Tool (SRFTT), uses Forward Error Correction (FEC) and multiple multicast channels to achieve an efficient reliable file transfer, relative to heterogeneous clusters. SRFTT achieves scalability by avoiding feedback from the receivers. Tests show that, for large files, retransmitting recovery information on multiple multicast channels gives significant performance gains when compared to a single retransmission channel.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Shukla, Hardik Dikpal, "Scalable and Reliable File Transfer for Clusters Using Multicast." (2002). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 686. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/686
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.