PRObE: A Thousand-Node Experimental Cluster for Computer Systems Research
Garth A. Gibson, Gary Grider, Andree Jacobson, Wyatt Lloyd · ;login:: the magazine of USENIX & SAGE · 2013
If you have ever aspired to create a software system that can harness a thousand computers and perform some impressive feat, you know the dismal prospects of finding such a cluster ready and waiting for you to make magic with it. Today, however, if you are a systems researcher and your promised feat is impressive enough, there is such a resource available online: PRObE. This article is an introduction to and call for proposals for use of the PRObE facilities.