Changes between Version 14 and Version 15 of ResearchProjects

Timestamp:

Jan 17, 2011, 12:44:51 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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ResearchProjects

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 Currently, most BOINC projects work as follows:
- * Data are stored on the server
- * Pieces of data (input files) are sent to client, and jobs are run against them.
+ * Data is stored on the server
+ * Input files are sent to client, and jobs are run against them.
    When done, the files are deleted from the client.
  * Output files are sent back to the server.
@@ -211 +211 @@
 It computes while the app is open.
 When the app exits, the library reports whatever computation has been done.
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+== Interfacing BOINC to Grid and Cloud systems ==
+
+At a high level, BOINC can be seen as a way to create and access pools of computing nodes
+(albeit untrusted, sporadically available, etc.).
+Research the issues in interfacing these resource pools to existing
+Grid- and Cloud-based systems for distributed computing.