9 | | The OGM distinguish between the following "hardware" elements: |
10 | | * PC. This is the basic item of OGM. A PC here is named as a "BOINC working node". |
11 | | * Pool. A Pool is a set of zero or more PCs that share something in common. For example, all the PCs are located in the same laboratory. |
12 | | * Department. A Department is a set of one or more Pools of computers that share something in common. For example, all the pools belongs to the math research group of the institution. |
| 9 | For OGM, from the point of view of hardware components, an institution is composed with the following items: |
| 10 | * PC. This is the basic item of OGM. A PC here is named as a "BOINC working node". The institution must have at least one PC. |
| 11 | * Pool. A Pool is a set of zero or more PCs that share something in common. For example, all the PCs are located in the same laboratory. The institution must have at least one pool of computers. |
| 12 | * Department. A Department is a set of one or more Pools of computers that share something in common. For example, all the pools belongs to the math research group of the institution. An institution must have at least one Department. |
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| 14 | For OGM, from the point of view of managers, an institution is composed with the following persons: |
| 15 | * IT Manager. An IT Manager always belongs to one Department. For this reason, the IT Manager can only administer the computer pools which belongs to his department. |
| 16 | * Project Manager. A Project Manager is in charge of choosing the BOINC projects that will run on the institution BOINC PCs. |