Some Metacomputing Issues
Metacomputer is same as a computational grid
I will describe NPAC projects somewhat tomorrow
Web based Metacomputing has two related manifestations
- Using the web as the grid
- Using distributed object and Web technologies as basis of metacomputing software
This can be extended to using metacomputing technology (hardware and software) as basis of parallel computing software
- motivated by parallel computing being 1% market
15 or so years ago parallel computing had a clear application driver for increased performance
Is metacomputing user or technology driven?