Javelin: Internet‐based parallel computing using Java

The JAVM (Java Astra Virtual Machine) project is about harnessing the immense computational resource available in the Internet for parallel processing. In this paper, the suitability of Java for Internet-based parallel computing is explored. Next, existing implementations of systems that make use of Java for network parallel computing are presented and categorized. A critique of these implementations follows. Basing on the critique, the requirements and goals of an effective parallel computing system in the Internet environment are singled out. These serve as the blueprint for the development of the JAVM system. Its infrastructure and features, namely ease of use, heterogeneity, portability, security, fault tolerance, load balancing, scalability and accountability, are discussed. Lastly, experimental results based on the running of several parallel applications in the JAVM environment are presented. Basing on the results, the kind of parallel applications that would be well suited for running in JAVM are identified.

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