Implementation of a diskless cluster computing environment in a computer Classroom

Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE Asia-Pacific Services Computing Conference, APSCC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 819-824

  Yang, Chao Tung ^a   Hsieh, Wen Feng ^a   Chen, Hung Yen ^a  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MINING; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PLASMA SOURCES; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; TEACHING; WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

BIOINFORMATICS PROGRAMS; CLUSTER ARCHITECTURE; CLUSTER COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT; CLUSTER ENVIRONMENTS; CLUSTER PERFORMANCE; CLUSTER PLATFORMS; COMPUTER CLASSROOM; DISKLESS CLUSTER; FREE SOFTWARE; INDEX TERMS; OPERATING SYSTEMS; PARALLEL COMPUTING; PC CLUSTERS;

CLUSTER COMPUTING;

EID: 67049096359     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APSCC.2008.266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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