%0 Journal Article %1 Jessica %A Zhu, Wenzhang %A Wang, Cho-Li %A Lau, Francis C. M. %C Los Alamitos, CA, USA %D 2002 %I IEEE Computer Society %J cluster %K DVM Distributed Java Me:Printed PhD Proposal VM %P 381 %R http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CLUSTR.2002.1137770 %T JESSICA2: A Distributed Java Virtual Machine with Transparent Thread Migration Support %V 00 %X A distributed Java Virtual Machine (DJVM) spanning multiple cluster nodes can provide a true parallel execution environment for multi-threaded Java applications. Most existing DJVMs suffer from the slow Java execution in interpretive mode and thus may not be efficient enough for solving computation-intensive problems. We present JESSICA2, a new DJVM running in JIT compilation mode that can execute multi-threaded Java applications transparently on clusters. JESSICA2 provides a single system image (SSI) illusion to Java applications via an embedded global object space (GOS) layer. It implements a cluster-aware Java execution engine that supports transparent Java thread migration for achieving dynamic load balancing. We discuss the issues of supporting transparent Java thread migration in a JIT compilation environment and propose several lightweight solutions. An adaptive migrating-home protocol used in the implementation of the GOS is introduced. The system has been implemented on x86-based Linux clusters, and significant performance improvements over the previous JESSICA system have been observed. %@ 0-7695-1745-5

@article{Jessica, abstract = {A distributed Java Virtual Machine (DJVM) spanning multiple cluster nodes can provide a true parallel execution environment for multi-threaded Java applications. Most existing DJVMs suffer from the slow Java execution in interpretive mode and thus may not be efficient enough for solving computation-intensive problems. We present JESSICA2, a new DJVM running in JIT compilation mode that can execute multi-threaded Java applications transparently on clusters. JESSICA2 provides a single system image (SSI) illusion to Java applications via an embedded global object space (GOS) layer. It implements a cluster-aware Java execution engine that supports transparent Java thread migration for achieving dynamic load balancing. We discuss the issues of supporting transparent Java thread migration in a JIT compilation environment and propose several lightweight solutions. An adaptive migrating-home protocol used in the implementation of the GOS is introduced. The system has been implemented on x86-based Linux clusters, and significant performance improvements over the previous JESSICA system have been observed.}, added-at = {2009-01-13T12:37:00.000+0100}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, author = {Zhu, Wenzhang and Wang, Cho-Li and Lau, Francis C. M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/292c307583468e54b6117cb31711aadb3/gron}, description = {JESSICA2: A Distributed Java Virtual Machine with Transparent Thread Migration Support}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CLUSTR.2002.1137770}, interhash = {528a7104941c4eeef57607b846fb48f1}, intrahash = {92c307583468e54b6117cb31711aadb3}, isbn = {0-7695-1745-5}, journal = {cluster}, keywords = {DVM Distributed Java Me:Printed PhD Proposal VM}, pages = 381, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, timestamp = {2009-05-27T17:27:05.000+0200}, title = {JESSICA2: A Distributed Java Virtual Machine with Transparent Thread Migration Support}, volume = 00, year = 2002 }