Cluster Computing - 11 Resources

In computers, clustering is the use of multiple computers, typically PCs or UNIX workstations, multiple storage devices, and redundant interconnections, to form what appears to users as a single highly available system. Cluster computing can be used for load balancing as well as for high availability. Advocates of clustering suggest that the approach can help an enterprise achieve 99.999 availability in some cases. One of the main ideas of cluster computing is that, to the outside world, the cluster appears to be a single system. A common use of cluster computing is to load balance traffic on high-traffic Web sites. A Web page request is sent to a "manager" server, which then determines which of several identical or very similar Web servers to forward the request to for handling. Having a Web farm (as such a configuration is sometimes called) allows traffic to be handled more quickly.

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Publications (7)

EDUCAUSE publications address a diverse range of professional challenges in higher education IT, from updates on current developments to explorations of important overarching issues. Listed below are the full range of research, reports and other publications that EDUCAUSE and its members have written about Cluster Computing.

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
ECM0803	Higher Education IT and Cyberinfrastructure: Integrating Technologies for Scholarship Roadmap Judith A. Pirani and Mark C. Sheehan Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	06/11/2008	682
ERB0818	Cyberinfrastructure and the Evolution of Higher Education Chris Dede Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	09/02/2008	2,038
ERS0803	Higher Education IT and Cyberinfrastructure: Integrating Technologies for Scholarship Mark C. Sheehan Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	06/10/2008	4,997
ESI07K	Cyberinfrastructure Resources and Practices: Survey Questionnaire Mark C. Sheehan Surveys	ECAR	11/27/2007	1,823
ERB0805	Developing and Extending a Cyberinfrastructure Model Rosio Alvarez Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	03/04/2008	2,613
CSD4060	Cluster Computing Programs and Projects	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	1,735
EAF0560	Summary of the NMI Advanced CAMP on Virtual Organizations Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Grant Programs (CAMP)	01/01/2005	2,034

Presentations (4)

Stepping away from the distractions of normal routine to meet with peers, share experiences, and learn together can be invaluable. EDUCAUSE places great emphasis on the face-to-face meeting experience, offering you numerous opportunities throughout the year to gather with colleagues - from small regional events and special topic meetings to large, national conferences covering the full spectrum of roles and issues important to higher education. For more information on EDUCAUSE conferences and seminars, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page. Listed below is the full range of presentations EDUCAUSE and its members tagged with Cluster Computing

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
NMM09_48133	GENI: Providing a New Platform for Bold Research Larry Peterson and Chip Elliott Presentations/Speeches	Net@EDU (State Networks)	02/03/2009	542
E08_47561	Preparing Your Campus for Data-Intensive Researchers Larry Smarr Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/29/2008	275
EDU04125	High-Performance Cluster Computing: A Tool for Undergraduate Instruction? Pat Dreher and Phillip D. Long Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/22/2004	3,447
EAF0551	Use Cases: Your Case Study Here James Sankar Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Grant Programs (CAMP)	06/30/2005	2,357

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