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MetaComputing -- the Informal Supercomputer

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Distributed Computing.
The Challenge.
Understanding the Functionality of a Metacomputer.
Workings of Typical Cluster Management Software.
Features of Metacomputing Management Software:
  • - Environments and application support.- Job scheduling and allocation policy.- Configurability and resource dynamics.
Status of CMS Packages - basic problems.
Some Current Metacomputing Projects:
  • - Legion - UVa.- Wide Area Metacomputer Manager (WAMM) - Italy.- Wide Area Network Environment (WANE) - FSU.
Near and Future Projects:
  • - WWW/CGI - RSA Factoring.- JAVA based systems - MetaWeb.
Metacomputing in the future !
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