Madeleine II: a portable and efficient communication library for high-performance cluster computing

摘要

This paper introduces Madeleine II, an adaptive ad portable multiprotocol communica- Tion library for high-performance multithreaded applications. Madeleine II has the ability To control multiple network protocols (BIP, SISCI, VIA) and multiple network adapters (ETHERNET, MYRINET, SCI). Moreover, it includes advanced mechanisms to dynamically se- lect the most appropriate transfer method for a given network protocol according to various parameters such as data size or responsiveness user requirements. We report on performance measurements obtained using various protocols and we present preliminary results about port- ing the MPICH and the NEXUS communication libraries on top of Madeleine II.