BOINC: A System for Public-Resource Computing and Storage
Abstract
BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) is a software system that makes it easy for scientists to create and operate public-resource computing projects. It supports diverse applications, including those with large storage or communication requirements. PC owners can participate in multiple BOINC projects, and can specify how their resources are allocated among these projects. We describe the goals of BOINC, the design issues that we confronted, and our solutions to these problems.
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- Authors
- Anderson, D. P.
- Affiliations
- Space Sciences Laboratory (US)
- Corresponding author
- Anderson, D.P.
- ORCID
- Anderson, D.P.
- Venue
- Fifth IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Grid Computing
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Published
- 2005-04-06
- Pages
- 4-10
- OpenAlex
- W2142863519
- Cited by
- 1,924
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 67.44
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- IEEE/ACM International Conference on Grid Computing (GRID) (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Cloud Computing and Resource Management
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies
- Keywords
- BOINC, distributed computing, volunteer computing, grid computing, resource allocation, storage, communication, software design
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