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MetaComputing -- the Informal Supercomputer -- MRA Meeting Part II:The Practical Issues

The Challenge - Transparent Utilisation- Full Utilisation- Construct Metacomputer

Don't Want to Reinvent "Wheel"

General Introduction to Cluster Computing

Some Terminology

CMS Interaction with the OS

The Workings of Typical CMS Package

Special Note - The Ownership Hurdle

Cluster/Metacomputing Environments - A System Administrators Perspective- A Users Perspective

Features and Functionality of CMS Packages - Computer Environments Supported- Application Support- Job Scheduling and Allocation Policy- Configurability- Dynamics of Resources

Status of CMS Packages - Basic Problems

Related Projects - The Information Wide Area Year (I-WAY)- Wide Area Metacomputer Manager (WAMM)- National MetaCenter for Computational Science and Engineering

Near and Future Projects - WWW/CGI - RSA Factoring- JAVA based systems.

Table of Contents for MetaComputing -- the Informal Supercomputer -- MRA Meeting Part II:The Practical Issues

001 MetaComputing: The Informal Supercomputer
002 Lecture 2: Metacomputing:  The Practical Issues
003 Lecture 2: Metacomputing:  The Practical Issues
004 Lecture 2: Metacomputing:  The Practical Issues
005 Lecture 2: Metacomputing:  The Practical Issues
006 The Challenge
007 The Challenge
008 Do Not Want to Reinvent the "Wheel", So Must...
009 General Introduction
010 General Introduction
011 Some Currently Available CMS Packages
012 Some Currently Available CMS Packages
013 Some Terminology - 1
014 Some Terminology - 2 
015 Some Terminology - 3 
016 Some Terminology - 4 
017 Some Terminology - 5 
018 Some Terminology - 6 
019 Some Terminology - 7 
020 Some Terminology - 8 
021 Some Terminology - 9 
022 Cluster Software and Its Interaction With the Operating System
023 Cluster Software and Its Interaction With the Operating System
024 The Workings of Typical Cluster Management Software - 1
025 The Workings of Typical Cluster Management Software - 2
026 The Workings of Typical Cluster Management Software - 3
027 The Workings of Typical Cluster Management Software - 4
028 The Workings of Typical Cluster Management Software - 5
029 The Workings of Typical Cluster Management Software
030 Special Note - The Ownership Hurdle.
031 Special Note - The Ownership Hurdle.
032 Cluster/Metacomputing Environments:
033 Cluster/Metacomputing Environments:
034 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
035 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
036 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
037 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
038 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
039 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
040 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
041 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
042 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
043 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
044 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
045 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
046 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
047 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
048 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
049 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
050 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
051 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
052 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
053 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
054 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
055 Features and Functionality Desired in a CMS Package
056 Summary of Desirable Cluster/Metacomputing Features
057 Summary of Desirable Cluster/Metacomputing Features
058 Status of CMS Packages - Basic Problems
059 Metacomputing - Related Projects
060 Metacomputing - Related Projects
061 Metacomputing - Related Projects
062 Metacomputing - Related Projects
063 Metacomputing - Related Projects
064 Metacomputing - Related Projects
065 Metacomputing - Related Projects
066 Metacomputing - Related Projects
067 Metacomputing - Related Projects
068 Metacomputing - Related Projects
069 Metacomputing - Related Projects
070 Metacomputing - Related Projects
071 Metacomputing - Related Projects
072 Metacomputing - Related Projects
073 Metacomputing - Related Projects
074 Metacomputing - Related Projects
075 Metacomputing - Related Projects
076 Metacomputing - Related Projects
077 Metacomputing - Related Projects
078 Metacomputing - Related Projects
079 Metacomputing - Related Projects
080 Metacomputing - Related Projects
081 Metacomputing - Related Projects
082 Metacomputing - Related Projects
083 Metacomputing - Related Projects
084 Metacomputing - Related Projects
085 Metacomputing - Related Projects
086 Metacomputing - Related Projects
087 Metacomputing - Related Projects
088 Near and Future Projects
089 Near and Future Projects
090 Near and Future Projects
091 Near and Future Projects
092 Near and Future Projects
093 Near and Future Projects
094 Near and Future Projects
095 Near and Future Projects
096 Near and Future Projects
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100 Near and Future Projects
101 Near and Future Projects
102 Near and Future Projects
103 Near and Future Projects
104 Near and Future Projects
105 Near and Future Projects
106 Near and Future Projects
107 Near and Future Projects
108 Near and Future Projects
109 Near and Future Projects
110 Near and Future Projects - MetaWeb
111 Near and Future Projects - MetaWeb
112 Near and Future Projects - MetaWeb
113 Near and Future Projects - MetaWeb
114 Near and Future Projects - MetaWeb
115 Near and Future Projects - MetaWeb
116 Metacomputing in the Future
117 Metacomputing in the Future
118 Metacomputing in the Future
119 Metacomputing in the Future

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