=ADD= =reftype= 14 =number= 00-32 =url= ftp://ftp.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/techreports/2000/00-32.ps.gz =year= 2000 =month= 11 =author= Schreiner; Wolfgang =title= Analyzing the Performance of Distributed Maple on Various Parallel and Distributed Systems =abstract= This report systematically analyzes the performance of the parallel computer algebra environment Distributed Maple on various multiprocessors and networked computers using artificial benchmarks as well as real-life applications. This study exhibits the performance bottlenecks of the environment and sheds light on the suitability of different architectures for Distributed Maple applications. =sponsor= FWF grant SFB F013/F1304 and EU grant HPRI-1999-CT-00026 =keywords= parallel computer algebra, benchmarks, Java, multiprocessors, clusters, Beowulf