Basic HTML version of Foils prepared May 7 1996

Foil 6 The Challenge

From MetaComputing -- MRA Meeting Part II:The Practical Issues Tutorial for CRPC MRA Meeting at Cornell -- May 7 1996. by Mark Baker, Geoffrey Fox
Transparent Utilisation of a Distributed Heterogeneous Computing
Environment
Want to fully utilise a heterogeneous computing environment where
different types of processing resources and inter-connection
technologies are effectively and efficiently used.
Fully Utilise Available Resources
Low utilisation rates of high-performance workstations (LLNL/Los
Alamos 7- 10%), as their performance grows utilisation will become
worse.

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