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Question by Newco: What’s cloud computing exactly?
I want to know what’s “cloud computing” exactly?
someone said it means you needn’t hard disk in the future,cause the “cloud” will provide the service of computing and storage,you just need a pipe link your machine to the “cloud”
but others say you computer not only enjoy the service,but also provide
computing and storage service to other computer?
what’s the “cloud computing”exactly?

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Answer by billaryrclinton
SAN – storage area network

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Parallel and Distributed Simulation Systems (Wiley Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing)

A state-of-the-art guide for the implementation of distributed simulation technology.

The rapid expansion of the Internet and commodity parallel computers has made parallel and distributed simulation (PADS) a hot technology indeed. Applications abound not only in the analysis of complex systems such as transportation or the next-generation Internet, but also in computer-generated virtual worlds for military and professional training, interactive computer games, and the entertainment indus

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Question by joku: Where can I sell my CPU cycle times?
I have a very powerful computer.
I am looking for a website or something that will pay for my CPU cycles. i.e. I will “sell” my free CPU cycles to them to do their work.

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Answer by Terryc
Have you tried a google for
“selling cpu cycles” or “distributed computing” ?

Despite this being talked about for the last 10-20 years, there hasn’t been any system around that has lasted. Usually the pay/renummeration is less that the cost of running the computer 24×365.

The idea came from the mainframe era and received a boost when the internet provided cheap international communications. The idea looked good compared to pruchasing super computers like mega-million $ $ $ Crays, etc.

The killer blow to super computers was when methods were developed to build “super computers” from cheap PC hardware.

What also killed of the idea of distributed computer cycles was cycle theft and hackers. So apart from developing the software to do distributed calculations, the programmers also have to fight pirates and hackers.

There was also the danger of loss of security. Movie animation houses didn’t like the fact that people might be able to leak images and scenes from the upcoming movies. Nuclear contractors didn’t like the fact that their design and structural details might be gleamed from it. Government would dread “terrorists” providing the computers that carried out “security” calculations. The list of problems just kept growing.

So, movie house, research institutes, defence, goverment, etc with a real need for super computers just found it easier to develop their own computer farms.

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Introduction to High Performance Computing for Scientists and Engineers (Chapman & Hall/CRC Computational Science)

Written by high performance computing (HPC) experts, Introduction to High Performance Computing for Scientists and Engineers provides a solid introduction to current mainstream computer architecture, dominant parallel programming models, and useful optimization strategies for scientific HPC. From working in a scientific computing center, the authors gained a unique perspective on the requirements and attitudes of users as well as manufacturers of parallel computers. The text first introduces th

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