Grid Computing Solutions
What is the easiest and most flexible solution for grid computing in a Windows network at home?
I have four computers at home, and I hope that each computer is able to borrow CPU cycles compared to others when they are inactive. For example, if my son is on video editing a computer and two computers are idle, it would be nice if the computer can seamlessly on demand to borrow the processing power of computers idle. It should be invisible to the end user will not require additional hardware, and work with any program Windows.
Normal versions of Windows does not support it. You must have Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Windows 2003 Enterprise Server to run either Server Cluster or NLB. Clustering of servers means that all the Act on computers as a personal computer, but take over when another fails. The NLB is similar, but instead act as a standby, unless the computer The most popular response to the request. If you had to choose, the NLB is probably closest to your needs. Otherwise, I am not aware of any software or hardware that you use other additions in May that special Linux or Unix distributions.
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