Volunteer Desktop Grids Sample Clauses

Volunteer Desktop Grids. 1.1.2.1. Importance Scientists need a lot of computing power. This is organized as local PC's, clusters, Grids, supercomputers that can be financed in a number of ways. However, for many applications, Desktop Grids already provide large computational resources comparable in size to the largest Grid infrastructures in Europe. The e-IRGSP3 project maintains the e-IRG Knowledge base3 an overview of a number of Grids, their sizes and the number of resource owners in a Grid. Please note these figures count computers (for Desktop Grids) and nodes (for Service Grids). The number of CPU's and cores can be larger. A computer can be part of more than one Grid. Note the large difference between the number of resource owners in a Desktop Grid and in a Traditional Service Grid. Of course, there is a lot to say about this data; especially if one goes into the detail. However, there is one single message we can and want to deduct from this data: Public desktop grids can and do contribute a significant amount of resources for science. This has two implications: First, there is science that can be done in a less expensive and “greener” way. Second, it shows that citizens are interested in science and are willing to contribute. Less expensive is, of course, also important for e-Infrastructures. In addition to Public Desktop Grids, local desktop Grids, inside a university or research institute can also be an interesting option. The greener argument needs some explanation. Of course, when people at home use their computer for science, it uses power, and consumes electricity. However, if the grid middleware and the applications are optimized to save energy, they can run optimal on a Desktop PC and in many cases even on laptops. They then run at a cooling optimized rate, and they do not use the screen, for instance. However, the most important savings part is because the equipment is used efficiently. (And no new systems need to be bought elsewhere in the e-Infrastructures system.) Within the project we will especially encourage people at home to donate unused computing time to Science. They can choose what type of science they want to support. 3 xxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxxx.x-xxx.xx 1.1.2.2. Surveys (EDGeS, WEB2GRID, CERN/CCC) Public Desktop Grids, or volunteer computing Grids, assume that there are millions of citizens that want to donate computing time to science. But is this the case? Are citizens willing to do that? Are there any obstacles to reach large volunteer computing Grids?...
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