Clustering Today
Clustering is gained momentum when 4 technologies converged:
- 1. Killer Micros/CPUs: Very HP Microprocessors
- workstation performance = yesterday supercomputers.
- 2. Killer Networks: High speed communication
- Comm. between cluster nodes >= between processors in an SMP.
- 3. Killer Tools: Standard tools for parallel/ distributed computing & their growing popularity.
- 4. Killer Applications: scientific, engineering, Database, and Internet/Web serving.