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Foil 31 Special Note - The Ownership Hurdle.

From MetaComputing -- MRA Meeting Part II:The Practical Issues Tutorial for CRPC MRA Meeting at Cornell -- May 7 1996. by Mark Baker, Geoffrey Fox


1 Ones involved in software development, where the usage of the workstation revolves around the edit, compile, debug and test cycle.
2 Ones involved with running large numbers of simulations often requiring powerful computational resources.
3 It is the latter type of "owner" that needs additional compute
4 resources and it is possible to fulfil their needs by fully utilising
5 spare CPU cycles from former two "owners".
6 However, this may be easier said than done and often requires
7 delicate negotiation to become reality.

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