Abstract

This paper presents a new system, called NetSolve, that allows users to access computational resources, such as hardware and software, distributed across the network. This project has been motivated by the need for an easy-to-use, efficient mechanism for using computational resources remotely. Ease of use is obtained as a result of different interfaces, some of which do not require any programming effort from the user. Good performance is ensured by a load-balancing policy that enables NetSolve to use the computational resource available as efficiently as possible. NetSolve is designed to run on any heterogeneous network and is implemented as a fault-tolerant client-server application. Keywords Distributed System, Heterogeneity, Load Balancing, Client-Server, Fault Tolerance, Linear Algebra, Virtual Library. University of Tennessee - Technical report No cs-95-313 Department of Computer Science, University of Tennessee, TN 37996 y Mathematical Science Section, Oak Ridge National La...

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