Issues relating to the low uptake of Networks Of Workstations for commercial applications

Networks of Workstations are a new approach to parallel computing which promise performance gains and more efficient use of resources, resulting in lower technology costs. Despite these benefits, there are anecdotal reports that the business community has been reluctant to use the technology and th...

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Main Author: Dell, Peter
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Edith Cowan University 2000
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28994
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description Networks of Workstations are a new approach to parallel computing which promise performance gains and more efficient use of resources, resulting in lower technology costs. Despite these benefits, there are anecdotal reports that the business community has been reluctant to use the technology and that the adoption rate of cluster computing for commercial applications remains extremely low. These anecdotal reports are confirmed. Some concerns preventing the commercial usage of Networks of Workstations are revealed, however these concerns are contrary to the experiences of those organisations that have implemented the technology.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-289942017-01-30T13:09:03Z Issues relating to the low uptake of Networks Of Workstations for commercial applications Dell, Peter Networks Of Workstations software development cluster computing Networks of Workstations are a new approach to parallel computing which promise performance gains and more efficient use of resources, resulting in lower technology costs. Despite these benefits, there are anecdotal reports that the business community has been reluctant to use the technology and that the adoption rate of cluster computing for commercial applications remains extremely low. These anecdotal reports are confirmed. Some concerns preventing the commercial usage of Networks of Workstations are revealed, however these concerns are contrary to the experiences of those organisations that have implemented the technology. 2000 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28994 Edith Cowan University fulltext
spellingShingle Networks Of Workstations
software development
cluster computing
Dell, Peter
Issues relating to the low uptake of Networks Of Workstations for commercial applications
title Issues relating to the low uptake of Networks Of Workstations for commercial applications
title_full Issues relating to the low uptake of Networks Of Workstations for commercial applications
title_fullStr Issues relating to the low uptake of Networks Of Workstations for commercial applications
title_full_unstemmed Issues relating to the low uptake of Networks Of Workstations for commercial applications
title_short Issues relating to the low uptake of Networks Of Workstations for commercial applications
title_sort issues relating to the low uptake of networks of workstations for commercial applications
topic Networks Of Workstations
software development
cluster computing
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28994