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Foil 27 Topological view of MP machines (with ÒScalabilityÓ in mind)

From Full Relational Database HPDC-4 Presentation HPDC-4 Tutorial/CPS616 Spring95 -- August 1, Pentagon City Virginia. by Gang Cheng Marek Podgorny (Geoffrey Fox) * See also color IMAGE
Shared-Memory and Shared-Disk
  • interference limits scalability
  • complicated and relatively expensive
Shared Nothing
  • minimal interference between processors
  • moves only questions and answers over the network
  • can scale up to hundreds (maybe thousands) of processors
  • composed of cheap, stock parts and a fast interconnecting network
  • achieve near-linear improvements
  • good for system scalability and portability
Shared Data
  • Little experience so far
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