A key issue of dynamic load balancing in a loosely coupled distributed systemis selecting appropriate jobs to transfer. In this paper, a job selection policybased on on-line predicting behaviors of jobs is proposed. T...A key issue of dynamic load balancing in a loosely coupled distributed systemis selecting appropriate jobs to transfer. In this paper, a job selection policybased on on-line predicting behaviors of jobs is proposed. Thacing is used atthe beginning of execution of a job to predict the approkimate execution timeand resource requirements of the job so as to make a correct decision aboutwhether transferring the job is worthwhile. A dynamic load balancer using thejob selection policy has been implemelited. Experimelital measurement resultsshow that the policy proposed is able to improve mean response time of jobsand resource utilization of systems substantially.展开更多
文摘A key issue of dynamic load balancing in a loosely coupled distributed systemis selecting appropriate jobs to transfer. In this paper, a job selection policybased on on-line predicting behaviors of jobs is proposed. Thacing is used atthe beginning of execution of a job to predict the approkimate execution timeand resource requirements of the job so as to make a correct decision aboutwhether transferring the job is worthwhile. A dynamic load balancer using thejob selection policy has been implemelited. Experimelital measurement resultsshow that the policy proposed is able to improve mean response time of jobsand resource utilization of systems substantially.
