Installation

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Distributed Application Layer Package - the latest release of DAL.

Installation

The following guide explains how to install DAL and what the requirements of DAL are.

Requirements

DAL is written in Java and requires a Java compiler and the Java application launcher. In addition, a C/C++ compiler is required to execute applications on top of Linux.

• C/C++ environment (g++ version 4.3 or greater)
• Java environment (version 1.7 or greater)
• Build environment: make, Ant (version 1.9.0 or greater, download Ant)

Additional requirements may apply for certain back-ends.

Installation Steps

1. Copy the dal_ethz.zip archive to some directory, for instance dal.
2. Unzip the dal_ethz.zip archiv:

$ unzip dal_ethz.zip

3. That's it. Refer to Get Started for more information about running a DAL benchmark.

Installation Directory

After installing DAL, the installation directory has the following structure:

• dal # DAL framework
  • build # build directory
  • jars # additional jar files required to execute DAL
  • schema # XML schemata for the input files
  • dal.jar # DAL package
• dal-benchmarks # DAL benchmarks
  • arch # architecture specification files
  • workload # DAL benchmark containers
• license # license files
• scripts # additional scripts
• rundal.xml # DAL execution script (short DAL script)
• README.txt # README file
• Version.txt # version information

License

Copyright (c) ETH Zurich, 2010-2014, Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory (TIK). All rights reserved.

Distributed Application Layer http://www.dal.ethz.ch

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

• Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
• Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
• Neither the name of ETH Zurich nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

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