Abstract:Large distributed computer systems have been successfully employed to solve modern scientific problems that were previously impracticable. Tools exist to bind together notably underutilized high speed computers and sizable storage resources, creating architectures that provide performance and capacity that scales with the quantity of resources invested. In various forms such as Internet computing, desktop grids, and even "big iron" grids, users and administrators find it difficult, however, to obtain aggregate… Show more
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