Philippsen M, Haumacher B, Nester C (2000)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2000
Book Volume: 12
Pages Range: 495-518
Journal Issue: 7
URI: http://www2.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/publication/download/serialrmi.pdf
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9128(200005)12:7<495::AID-CPE496>3.0.CO;2-W
In current Java implementations, Remote Method Invocation (RMI) is too slow, especially for high-performance computing. RMI is designed for wide-area and high-latency networks, it is based on a slow object serialization, and it does not support high-performance communication networks. The paper demonstrates that a much faster drop-in RMI and an efficient drop-in serialization can be designed and implemented completely in Java without any native code. Moreover, the re-designed RMI supports non-TCP/IP communication networks, even with heterogeneous transport protocols. We demonstrate that for high-performance computing some of the official serialization's generality can and should be traded for speed. As a by-product, a benchmark collection for RMI is presented. On PCs connected through Ethernet, the better serialization and the improved RMI save a median of 45% (maximum of 71%) of the runtime for some set of arguments. On our Myrinet-based ParaStation network (a cluster of DEC Alphas) we save a median of 85% (maximum of 96%), compared to standard RMI, standard serialization, and Fast Ethernet; a remote method invocation runs as fast as 80 μs round trip time, compared with about 1.5 ms.
APA:
Philippsen, M., Haumacher, B., & Nester, C. (2000). More efficient serialization and RMI for Java. Concurrency Practice and Experience, 12(7), 495-518. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1096-9128(200005)12:7<495::AID-CPE496>3.0.CO;2-W
MLA:
Philippsen, Michael, Bernhard Haumacher, and Christian Nester. "More efficient serialization and RMI for Java." Concurrency Practice and Experience 12.7 (2000): 495-518.
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