SSI (Single System Image)
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SSI (Single System Image) is a clustering technology that allows multiple physical or logical systems to appear and operate as a single, unified system for management and workload distribution.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clustering technology
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distributed computing concept ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor | Single System Image NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| benefit |
can improve scalability for applications
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can increase system availability ⓘ improves resource utilization across nodes ⓘ simplifies administration of clusters ⓘ |
| canBe |
OS-level SSI
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application-level SSI ⓘ middleware-level SSI ⓘ |
| characteristic |
hides underlying cluster complexity from users
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may provide global memory management abstractions ⓘ presents unified namespace ⓘ supports global scheduling in some implementations ⓘ supports transparent process migration in some implementations ⓘ |
| componentOf | cluster middleware architectures ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | loosely coupled cluster management without unified view ⓘ |
| domain |
computer science
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distributed systems ⓘ high-performance computing ⓘ |
| fullName | Single System Image NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal |
enable transparent workload distribution
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make multiple systems appear as a single unified system ⓘ simplify system management ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
cluster middleware
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operating system extensions ⓘ specialized runtime environments ⓘ |
| influenced |
design of modern cluster resource managers
ⓘ
design of some cloud orchestration abstractions ⓘ |
| provides |
single I/O space view
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single file system view ⓘ single networking image ⓘ single point of management for a cluster ⓘ single process space view ⓘ single system view of resources ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
cluster management
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distributed file systems ⓘ grid computing ⓘ process migration ⓘ resource scheduling ⓘ virtualization ⓘ |
| typicalUsers |
HPC application developers
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system administrators managing clusters ⓘ |
| usedIn |
cluster computing
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high-availability clusters ⓘ load-balancing clusters ⓘ |
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