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Introduction to Distributed Computing

Posted by michael on from the help-in-imagining-a-beowulf-cluster dept.

dosten writes "ExtremeTech has a nice intro article on distributed and grid computing." Someday someone will successfully implement something like Progeny's NOW and all of these assorted hacks at building a distributed computing system will be superseded.

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  1. Distributed... by Renraku · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Distributed computing is actually a pretty simple idea to come up with, seeing as how a lot of things are 'distributed' such as manufacturing, selling products, etc. The thing that makes distributed computing attractive is the speed of data and the unused potential of your average computer. It would be nice to see a company that needed a lot of data processed, and paid people for every data pack they processed and completed. Rules would have to be set up to prevent abuse, but it would be a nice system. Everyone wins.

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  2. My university just got a grant to do grid comp. by paulydavis · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My University just got a 395,000 dollar grant from the NSF. for more info : http://inside.binghamton.edu/March-April/4apr02/gr id.html">