• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.21 no.A
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• pp.129-134
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• 2001

Linux cluster Server makes a high performance PC cluster system, and provides scalablity and availability as compared with an expensive single server. In this paper, we design and implement a VOD streaming service system to serve video and audio streaming services on the Linux cluster server. Our Streaming server supports the MS Window Media Format based on the RTSP streaming protocol.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.37-43
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• 2003

Parallel computing method is widely used in the computational fluid dynamics for efficient numerical analysis. Nowadays, low cost Linux cluster computers substitute for traditional supercomputers with parallel computing shcemes. The performance of nemerical solvers on an Linux cluster computer is highly dependent not on the performance of processors but on the performance of network devices in the cluster system. In this paper, we investigated the effects of the network devices such as Myrinet2000, gigabit ethernet, and fast ethernet on the performance of the cluster system by using some benchmark programs such as Netpipe, LINPACK, NAS NPB, and MPINS2D Navier-Stokes solvers. Finally, upon this investigation, we will suggest the method for building high performance low cost Linux cluster system in the computational fluid dynamics analysis.

• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.30 no.10
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• pp.533-543
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• 2003

With the increase of interests in cluster, there have been a number of research efforts to address the high availability issues on cluster. However, there are no kernel-level group communication systems to support the development of kernel-level application programs and it is not easy to use traditional user-level group communication systems for the kernel-level applications. This paper presents the design and implementation issues of KCGCS(Kernel-level Cluster Group Communication System), which is a kernel-level group communication module for linux cluster. Unlike traditional user-level group communication systems, the KCGCS uses light-weight heartbeat messages and a ring-based heartbeat mechanism, which allows users to implement scalable failure detection mechanisms. Moreover, the KCGCS improves the reliability by using distributed coordinators to maintain membership information.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.639-646
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• 2002

In this paper, we discuss the system configuration and the design issues of CATS-i, a set of installation and administration tools for Linux cluster systems. CATS-i enables users to manage cluster systems easily, quickly, and safety. It integrates many functions, ranging from installing operating systems and applications to real-time monitoring and management of various important resources. In addition, batch job submission and management are included. These functions support a single system image. Finally, a powerful graphic user interface based on Java lets users quickly understand the cluster status and conveniently use the CATS-i on the Web.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.289-300
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• 2003

Traditional kernel-level communication systems for clusters are dependent upon computing platforms. Futhermore, they are not easy to use and do not provide various functions for clusters. This paper presents an architecture and various implementation issues of a kernel-level communication system, KCCM(Kernel level Cluster Communication Module), for linux cluster. The KCCM provides asynchronous communication services as well as standard synchronous communication services using send and receive. The KCCM also automatically detects and recovers connection failures at runtime. This allows programmers to use KCCM when they build mission critical applications over TCP-based connection-oriented communication environments. Having developed using standard socket interfaces, it can be easily ported to various platforms. The experimental results show that the KCCM provides good performance for asynchronous communication patterns.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.20-24
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• 2006

In this paper, our research efforts and activities for displaying flight simulation graphics on multi-monitors connected to a Linux cluster is introduced. In this pilot system graphics rendering as well as view calculation including LOD implementation for each monitor is peformed on each sub-node computer connected to the monitor rather than using an expensive main server. The Linux cluster is constructed by combining general-purpose desktop computers, and MPI library Is used for communication between sub-nodes. It could be concluded from our experience that it is possible to construct a massive multi-monitor display system by adding to the cluster as many sub-node computers and monitors as possible with economic efficiency.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.16-25
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• 2003

A parallel computing environment based on Windows operating system was constructed and a performance test was mode in comparison with Linux based systems. The Windows 2000 cluster was composed with servers and clients connected by Fast-ethernet, within which two sub-clusters may operates together or separately. Compaq Visual Fortran complier and two MPI libraries, MPICH.NT.1.2.2 and NT-MPICHNT.1.2 were installed as computing tools. Parallel computing performance tests were carried out using two-dimensional preconditioned Navier-Stokes code to examine the dependency on the number of processors, problem size and MPI libraries, those were compared with results from Linux clusters. Results shows that a cluster based on the user-friendly Windows operating system is also useful for the parallel computing and has good performance comparable to the previous Linux clusters.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.652-654
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• 2002

최근 리눅스 클러스터 시스템의 활용 범위가 커지면서 멀티미디어 서비스를 제공하려는 시도가 나타났다. 리눅스 클러스터 시스템 상에서 효과적으로 멀티미디어 서비스를 제공하려면 적합한 파일 시스템의 도움이 필수적이다. 즉, 클러스터 파일 시스템을 통하여 응용 프로그램에 대한 단일 입출력공간을 제공하고 효율적인 파일/디렉토리 연산을 제공하는 기술이 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 리눅스 클러스터 시스템을 위한 클러스터 파일 시스템(Cluster File System, 이하 CFS로 표기)을 설계 및 구현한다. CFS는 리눅스 파일 시스템 위에 사용자 수준에서 구현된 시스템으로 사용자에게는 단일 시스템 이미지를 제공한다. 내부적으로는 대용량의 파일이 분산되어 저장되며 이를 위해 파일/디렉토리 정보도 각각의 노드에서 분산 관리된다. 사용자에게는 응용 프로그램의 개발이 용이하도록 API가 제공되며, 또한 CFS를 관리하기 위한 도구들이 제공된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.85-87
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 리눅스 클러스터에서 커널 수준의 응용 프로그램 개발을 위한 통신 모듈인 KCCM(Kernel level Cluster Communication Module)에 대한 구조를 기술한다. KCCM은 비동기 통신을 지원하기 위한 응용 프로그램 인터페이스와 송수신(Send/ Receive)형태의 동기 통신을 지원하기 위한 응용 프로그램 인터페이스를 함께 제공하며, 다른 플랫폼으로의 포팅을 고려하여 소켓 인터페이스를 이용해 구현되었다. 또한 장애 상황에서도 서비스를 계속하고 장애를 복구할 수 있도록 설계되어 커널 수준의 고 가용성 클러스터 응용 프로그램을 개발하는데 유용하다.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.201-206
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• 1999

현재 전세계적으로 과한 기술 연산용 리눅스 클러스터에 대한 연구와 개발이 진행되고 있는 추세이다. 본 논문에서는 펜티엄 프로세서와 알파 프로세서 및 고속 이더넷을 이용한 리눅스 클러스터를 구현하고 이를 전산유체역학 분야에 적용하기 위한 선행연구로서 NAS의 병렬 벤치마크 프로그램인 NPB를 사용하여 리눅스 클러스터들의 성능을 비교 분석하였다. NPB 프로그램은 전산유체역학 분야의 해석프로그램에서 널리 이용되는 알고리즘들로 구성된 벤치마크의 프로그램으로 이를 이용한 성능 평가의 결과는 향후 리눅스 클러스터에서 실제 전산유체역학 코드들의 성능을 나타내는 중요한 지표가 될 수 있다. NPB 벤치마크 결과 리눅스 클러스터는 고가의 슈퍼컴퓨터에 비해 전산유체역학 분야에서 높은 가격 대 성능비를 보임을 알 수 있으며 이를 통하여 저비용 슈퍼컴퓨팅의 가능성을 제시하고자 한다.