Compute Clusters
Many industry sectors harness the power of multiple computer systems to perform tasks that could not otherwise be accomplished on a single server. Moreover, some tasks can be achieved more cost effectively by a collection of smaller, lower-cost systems. Typical of this class of user tasks are computer animation in the entertainment industry and circuit simulation to verify chip design in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry.
Scalability rather than availability is usually the foremost concern for applications in this sector. Task complexity rather than criticality warrants a cluster approach. If an arbitrary cluster node failure occurs, unfinished jobs can be resubmitted to the system for processing. Although there ...
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