Subject: DFN RPC for Linux
From: [email-masked] (Thomas Koenig)
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 17:50:00 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce,comp.lang.fortran,comp.unix.programmer,sci.comp-aided

I just read, on de.comp.os.linux, that the DFN RPC package is available
for Linux.  Here's the de-htmlized version of the README file in
the appropriate directory.

                 THE DFN REMOTE PROCEDURE CALL TOOL (DFN-RPC)
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   The DFN-RPC, a Remote Procedure Call Tool, was developed to distribute=

   and parallelize scientific-technical application programs between a
   workstation and a compute server or a cluster. All processes will run
   under user-account. The interface is optimized for applications
   written in fortran, but the DFN-RPC can also be used in a C
   environment.
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   The new release 1.0.35 has a lot of features for distributing and
   parallelizing application programs:
     * synchronous, asynchronous and parallel RPCs,
     * datapipes for message passing,
     * a central waiting point for the finish of a parallel RPC, the
       recept of a datapipe message, an X-event, an input at stdin or an
       other event on a Unix filedescriptor,
     * quickstart routines to build a network of parallel application
       processes,
     * a graphical monitor,
     * a remote file access library,
     * and a lot of examples.
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   In the moment the documentation has two parts
     * dfnrpc_news_35.ps describes the new features in Rel. 1.0.35 [4a].
     * dfnrpc.ps describes the basic features of the DFN-RPC 1.0 [4].
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   If the DFN-RPC is not installed in your local environment then you can=

   get the tar-File dfn_rpc_1.0.35.tar.Z (2.3 MByte)
     * by anonymous ftp from ftp.uni-stuttgart.de, Directory
       /pub/rus/dfn_rpc/
     * or here in Mosaic by a klick to
       ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/rus/dfn_rpc/dfn_rpc_1.0.35.tar.Z
       Caution: you need 10 MByte in /usr/tmp and 8 MByte to store the
       uncompressed tar-File on your local disk
     * or by AFS in
       /afs/rus.uni-stuttgart.de/sw/share/dfnrpc-doc/doc/dfn_rpc_1.0.35.t=

       ar.Z
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   If you want to install the DFN-RPC on PC with LINUX then you must use
   ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/rus/dfn_rpc/dfn_rpc_1.0.49alpha.tar.Z
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        PAPERS ABOUT THE DFN-RPC IN ENGLISH OR GERMAN AND RELATED WORKS
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   [2,5] and [3] are giving an overview about all features of the DFN
   Remote Procedure Call Tool in german and english. In [6] a simple
   example is appended. [4] is the german user's guide and reference
   manual. [4a] describes the extensions in Release 1.0.35.. These are
   parallel rpcs, data pipes, a monitor tool and C-language support.
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   The DFN-RPC tool supports the distribution applications written in
   Fortran. All features of Fortran subroutine and function calls are
   supported by the DFN-RPC. [7] analyses the usefulness of an other RPC
   tool (the RPC of OSF/DCE) for applications written in Fortran.
   [8,9,11,14] are comparing the transfer rates of data and calls of
   several RPC tools. [8] includes the measurement protocols. [10] is
   describing the user's profile and application sceneries and summarizes=

   the benchmark results of [8,9,11]. The data presented in [14] is based=

   on newer releases. The DFN-RPC uses the TCP/IP protocol for
   communication. The DFN-RPC is also available for the OSI TP4 protocol,=

   see [1]. [12] describes the distribution of the binaries with NFS and
   AFS by the computer center of the university of Stuttgart. [13]
   contains the order sheet for the tar file of the source code (delivery=

   version). [15] is this bibliography.
     * [1] Rolf Rabenseifner: Distributed Applications between
       Workstation and Supercomputer using ISO/OSI Protocols.
       Proceedings, Twenty-Seventh Semi-Annual Cray User Group Meeting,
       p. 80-84. London. April 22-26, 1991. AFS, FTP- and Info-Server:
       dfnrpc_osi_page1.ps ..2.ps, ..3.ps, ..4.ps dfnrpc_osi_page5.ps
     * [2] Ralf Allrutz, Rolf Rabenseifner: Der DFN-RPC, ein Remote
       Procedure Call Tool. Vortragsband des 15. DECUS M=FCnchen
       Symposiums, S. 523-532, 1992. AFS, FTP- and Info-Server:
       dfnrpc_decus.ps
     * [3] Rolf Rabenseifner: The DFN-RPC, a Remote Procedure Call Tool.
       Computer Center University of Stuttgart, 1992. Englische
       =DCbersetzung des Kapitels von R.Rabenseifner aus [2] . AFS, FTP-
       and Info-Server: dfnrpc_decus_engl.ps. Part of the Information
       Package
     * [4] Rolf Rabenseifner, Hans Dieter Reimann: Verteilte Anwendungen
       =FCber Hochgeschwindigkeitsdatenkommunikation, der DFN Remote
       Procedure Call. Benutzerhandbuch, Rel. 1.0, Rechenzentrum
       Universit=E4t Stuttgart, 23.11.1992. AFS, FTP- and Info-Server:
       dfnrpc.ps. Part of the Information Package
     * [4a] Rolf Rabenseifner, Jens B=F6nisch, Werner Kollak, Hans Dieter=

       Reimann, Roger Rohde: Neuheiten im DFN-RPC Rel. 1.0.35.
       Rechenzentrum Universit=E4t Stuttgart, 24.5.1994. AFS, FTP- and
       Info-Server: dfnrpc_news_35.ps. Part of the Information Package
     * [5] Rolf Rabenseifner, Hans Dieter Reimann: Verteilte Anwendungen
       mit dem DFN-RPC. DFN-Mitteilungen Nr. 31, 1993. AFS, FTP- and
       Info-Server: ---
     * [6] Rolf Rabenseifner, Hans Dieter Reimann, Werner Kollak: DFN-RPC=

       f=FCr verteilte Anwendungen. Benutzerinformation des Rechenzentrum=
s
       der Universit=E4t Stuttgart, M=E4rz 1993 (BI.3 93), S. 8-18. AFS, =
FTP-
       and Info-Server: dfnrpc_bi_9303.ps. Part of the Information
       Package
     * [7] Werner Kollak: Distributing FORTRAN Applications using DCE
       RPC. White Paper. Rechenzentrum Universit=E4t Stuttgart, March 5,
       1993. AFS, FTP- and Info-Server: dcerpc_fortran.ps
     * [8] Werner Kollak, Rolf Rabenseifner, Hans Dieter Reimann: RPC
       Tools im Benchmark-Vergleich: DFN-RPC, SUN-RPC, DCE RPC, sowie
       PVM. White Paper. Rechenzentrum Universit=E4t Stuttgart, 31.3.1993=
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       AFS, FTP- and Info-Server: bench_dfnrpc_sun_dce_pvm.ps. Part of
       the Information Package
     * [9] Werner Kollak, Rolf Rabenseifner, Hans Dieter Reimann:
       DFN-RPC, SUN-RPC, DCE RPC und PVM im Vergleich.
       Benutzerinformation des Rechenzentrums der Universit=E4t Stuttgart=
,
       Mai 1993 (BI.5 93), S. 15-19. AFS, FTP- and Info-Server:
       bench_bi_9305.ps
     * [10] Rolf Rabenseifner: RPC-Anwendungen zwischen Workstation und
       Hochleistungsrechnern. DFN-Forum - Anwendungen in
       Hochgeschwindigkeitsnetzen, DFN-Verein und TU Berlin FSP-PV,
       22-23. Juni 93, S.10-11. AFS, FTP- and Info-Server: dfnrpc_appl.ps=

     * [11] Rolf Rabenseifner, Armin Schuch: Comparison of DCE RPC,
       DFN-RPC, ONC and PVM. In Alexander Schill (Ed.), DCE - The OSF
       Distributed Computing Environment, International DCE Workshop,
       Proceedings, p. 39-46, Karlsruhe, Germany, Oct. 7-8, 1993. AFS,
       FTP- and Info-Server: gi_dce_dfnrpc_comparison.ps. Part of the
       Information Package
     * [12] Werner Kollak Nutzung des DFN-RPC =FCber NFS bzw. AFS. White
       Paper. Rechenzentrum der Universit=E4t Stuttgart, 21.09.93 AFS, FT=
P-
       and Info-Server: dfnrpc_distribution.ps. Part of the Information
       Package
     * [13] Order sheet Original-File: AFS, FTP- and Info-Server:
       dfnrpc_order_sheet.ps. Part of the Information Package
     * [14] Rolf Rabenseifner, Werner Kollak: DFN-RPC im Vergleich mit
       DCE, ONC und PVM. DFN-Mitteilungen Nr. 34, M=E4rz 1994. A preprint=

       one can find in AFS, FTP- and Info-Server: dfn_3_94.ps. Part of
       the Information Package
     * [15] This bibliography: AFS, FTP- and Info-Server:
       README_dfnrpc.txt and .html. Part of the Information Package
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   The Info-Server is available by telnet to
   rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de. The FTP-Server is available by anonymous=

   ftp to ftp.uni-stuttgart.de In both cases informations about the
   DFN-RPC can be found in
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   /pub/rus/dfn_rpc
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   The files can also be found in the AFS-Filesystem in
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   /afs/rus.uni-stuttgart.de/sw/share/dfnrpc-doc/doc
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   This paper can be found by mosaic and xmosaic in the WWW in:
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   ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/rus/dfn_rpc/README_dfnrpc.html
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   http://info2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de:81/rus/dfn_rpc/README_dfnrpc.html
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   The Information Package can be ordered from: Rechenzentrum Uni
   Stuttgart, Werner Kollak, Allmandring 30, 70550 Stuttgart, Tel.:
   0711/685-5982 E-Mail: [email-masked]

--
Thomas Koenig, [email-masked], [email-masked].
The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double
logarithmic diagram.

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