BOINC Client–server Technology
BOINC client–server technology refers to the model under which BOINC works. The BOINC framework consists of two layers which operate under the client–server Network architecture, architecture. Once the BOINC software is installed in a machine, the Server (computing), server starts sending tasks to the Client (computing), client. The operations are performed client-side and the results are uploaded to the server-side. Design and structure of BOINC * BOINC is designed to be a free structure for anyone wishing to start a distributed computing project. * BOINC consists of a server system and client software that communicate with each other to distribute, process, and return workunits. Server structure A major part of the BOINC system is the backend server. The server can run on one or many machines to allow BOINC to scale easily to projects of any size. BOINC servers run on Linux-based computers and use Apache HTTP Server, Apache, PHP, and MySQL for their web and database systems ...
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