Web Based MetaComputing
Can use network of Web Clients and/or Web Servers
Not clear if distinction (in capability) between web server and client will remain
Web Client Models Include SuperWeb from UCSB and hotwired article “Suck your Mips”.
More powerful but less pervasive is a pure Web Server model as in NPAC WebFlow
Can either use in controlled (IntraNets or run a server on every node of your MPP) or uncontrolled (the whole world wide web) fashion
- Uncontrolled mode has interesting economic implications and is controversial in security, network performance area
Note total compute power in all Web “clients” is about 1000 times that in all Central Supercomputers