The QosCosGrid is a
quasi-opportunistic supercomputing
Quasi-opportunistic supercomputing is a computational paradigm for supercomputing on a large number of geographically disperse computers. Quasi-opportunistic supercomputing aims to provide a higher quality of service than opportunistic resourc ...
system using
grid computing
Grid computing is the use of widely distributed computer resources to reach a common goal. A computing grid can be thought of as a distributed system with non-interactive workloads that involve many files. Grid computing is distinguished from ...
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[''Computational Science - Iccs 2008: 8th International Conference'' edited by Marian Bubak 2008 pages 112-11]
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QosCosGrid acts as middleware
Middleware is a type of computer software that provides services to software applications beyond those available from the operating system. It can be described as "software glue".
Middleware makes it easier for software developers to implement c ...
resource management facilities which provide end-users with supercomputer-like performance by connecting many computing clusters together. By using QosCosGrid large-scale computing models in existing programming languages such as Fortran or C can be distributed among multiple computing resources.
See also
* BOINC
The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC, pronounced – rhymes with "oink") is an open-source middleware system for volunteer computing (a type of distributed computing). Developed originally to support SETI@home, it becam ...
References
External linksCORDIS
Supercomputing
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