High-performance computing and distributed systems
Stewart C. Loken, William H. Greiman, Van L. Jacobson, William E. Johnston, David W. Robertson, Brian L. Tierney · AIP conference proceedings · 1992
We present a scenario for a fully distributed computing environment in which computing, storage, and I/O elements are configured on demand into ‘‘virtual systems’’ that are optimal for the solution of a particular problem. We also describe present two pilot projects that illustrate some of the elements and issues of this scenario. The goal of this work is to make the most powerful computing systems those that are logically assembled from network based components, and to make those systems available independent of the geographic location of the constituent elements.