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Computer cluster

A computer cluster is a group of autonomous computers that work together so that they can be viewed as a single system. Unlike grid computers, computer clusters have each node set to perform the same task, controlled and scheduled by software. The newest manifestation of cluster computing is cloud computing.

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Attributes of clusters

Benefits

Design and configuration

Data sharing and communication

Cluster management

Software development and administration

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Computer cluster

Nodes121
Edges120
Triples82
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016529
Components1

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Computer cluster

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related to Debugging and monitoring · 17
Computer cluster → Berkeley Network, California, Developing, High Performance Debugging Forum, HPD, HPDF, India, Message Passing Interface, MPI, NOW, Parallel Virtual Machine, PARMON, PVM, The University, Tools, TotalView, Workstations
related to Data sharing · 9
Computer cluster → As, Clusters, Examples, However, IBM General Parallel File, Microsoft's Cluster Shared Volumes, One, Oracle Cluster File System, System
related to Attributes of clusters · 6
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related to Benefits · 6
Computer cluster → Advantages, Clusters, Fault, In, RAID, This
related to history · 6
Computer cluster → Amdahl's Law, Gene Amdahl, Greg Pfister, IBM, Pfister, The
related to Cluster management · 3
Computer cluster → In, One, This
related to Other approaches · 3
Computer cluster → Although, BOINC-based, However
related to Parallel programming · 3
Computer cluster → Automatic, However, Load
is a · 2
Computer cluster → cost of administrating it which can at times be as high as the cost of administrating N independent machines, group of autonomous computers that work together so that they can be viewed as a single system
related to Basic concepts · 1
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cluster clusters computer nodes system computers computing node used may use parallel systems also operating one shared performance network software

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Computer clusteris agroup of autonomous computers that work together so that they can be viewed as a single system0.90text
Computer clusteris acost of administrating it which can at times be as high as the cost of administrating N independent machines0.90text
IBM's Sequoiainstance ofranging from small business clusters with a handful of nodes to some of the fastest supercomputers in the world0.80text
peer-to-peer or grid computing which also use many nodesinstance ofIt is distinct from other approaches0.80text
but with a far more distributed nature.A computer cluster may be a simple two-node system which just connects two personal computersinstance ofIt is distinct from other approaches0.80text
or may be a very fast supercomputerinstance ofIt is distinct from other approaches0.80text
web-service supportinstance ofAttributes of clustersComputer clusters may be configured for different purposes ranging from general purpose business needs0.80text
to computation-intensive scientific calculationsinstance ofAttributes of clustersComputer clusters may be configured for different purposes ranging from general purpose business needs0.80text
web service or databasesinstance ofrather than handling IO-oriented operations0.80text
Cinstance ofMPI is now a widely available communications model that enables parallel programs to be written in languages0.80text
Fortraninstance ofMPI is now a widely available communications model that enables parallel programs to be written in languages0.80text
Pythoninstance ofMPI is now a widely available communications model that enables parallel programs to be written in languages0.80text

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