Using Multicast Placement with Late Binding RPC

This paper describes the implementation and use of a prototype mul-ticast late-binding RPC (LbRPC) system. The system provides a mechanism for exporting arbitrary code and data across a network to multiple hosts for evaluation. This provides a near optimum total execution time for the application without requiring continual monitoring and estimation of the state of the hosts and the intervening network. The impact of sending the same code and data to a group of remote hosts is minimized by using multicast Internet Protocol (IP) communications for the outward leg of the transaction.