Xiao Qin's Software

ioBalanceSim: A Simulation Environment for I/O-Aware Dynamic Load Balancing (Version 1.0)

Released on 11/25/2008.

Introduction

ioBalanceSim 1.0 is a software package simulating an array of I/O-aware load balancing policies in parallel (e.g., Clusters) and distributed (e.g., computational grids) computing platforms.

For questions please contact Dr. Xiao Qin at xqin@auburn.edu

People

• Dr. Xiao Qin

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How to Use

• Please check README for details.
• If you need to cite the ioBalance papers, please use the following:
  • X. Qin, "Performance Comparisons of Load Balancing Algorithms for I/O-Intensive Workloads on Clusters," Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 32-46 , January 2008. [Abstract | PDF]
  • X. Qin, "Design and Analysis of a Load Balancing Strategy in Data Grids," Future Generation Computer Systems: The Int'l Journal of Grid Computing, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 132-137, Jan. 2007. [ Abstract | PDF ]
• If you need to cite the ioBalance distribution site, please use the following:
  Xiao Qin, "ioBalanceSim: A Simulation Environment for I/O-Aware Dynamic Load Balancing (Version 1.0)", http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~xqin/software/ioBalanceSim/, November 2008.

Copyright and Disclaimer

All new code in this distribution is Copyright 2008 by Auburn University. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted provided that this entire copyright notice is duplicated in all such copies, and that any documentation, announcements, and other materials related to such distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed at Auburn University, Auburn, AL. No charge may be made for copies, derivations, or distributions of this material without the express written consent of the copyright holder. Neither the name of the University nor the name of the author may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this material without specific prior written permission.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUBURN UNIVERSITY BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF THE AUBURN UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND THE AUBURN UNIVERSITY HAS NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS."

Acknowledgments

The ioBalanceSim simulation environment was based on the implementation described in [1] and [2].

References

• Harchol-Balter, M. and A. Downey, "Exploiting Process Lifetime Distributions for Load Balancing," ACM Transactions on Computer Systems, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 253–285, 1997.
• Xiao, L., S. Chen, and X. Zhang, "Dynamic Cluster Resource Allocations for Jobs with Known and Unknown Memory Demands," IEEE Trans. on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 223–240, 2002.

Sponsors

This project has been generously supported by NSF.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant The work reported in this paper was supported by the US National Science Foundation under Grants No. CCF-0742187, No. CNS-0757778, No. CNS-0831502, No. OCI-0753305, and No. EPS-0091900. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.

Updated on 11/25/2008