Talk:Distributed Shared Memory

Here is the page where we will be discussing the DSM readings.

IVY

Anil: What were the key characteristics of IVY? What exactly did Kai Li build?

Alireza : IVY was a software based DSM system that's been developed to allow users share their local memories in a distributed manner. IVY was designed to be used in loosely coupled environments. It had five main modules including memory allocation, process management, initialization, remote operation and memory mapping. The main advantage of IVY was gaining performance in parallel applications comparing.

Current DSM systems?

Anil: What is a current production system that uses distributed shared memory? What about the underlying problem makes DSM a good technological fit?

Difference between DSM and NUMA?

Anil What are the differences between DSM and NUMA? Under what circumstances are each appropriate?