Multi-Tiered Distributed Computing Platform
Please refer to the paper
Multi-Tiered Distributed Computing Platform
to answer the four questions below. Email me your answers to these questions prior to our
class meeting on Monday, April 16.
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The foundations for proposed multi-tiered distributed computing system were laid in the Java Distributed
Computation Library (JDCL). What problem does this system suffer from and what is it a result of?
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- The hybrid multi-tiered model takes advantage of two types of communication client-server and
peer-to-peer. What three features do scheduler nodes communicating in a peer-to-peer fashion permit?
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- What is the purpose of the job time contained in each scheduler?
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- What application has the system been used with? What advantage does this type of system have when
tackling new problems?
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