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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


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



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