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I apologise if this question has already been addressed, I cannot find anything mentioned in the forums.
Other Distributed/Grid style projects I have been involved in support the concept of a Proxy Server that sits within your private network, and pre-fetches a set amount of 'work units' which are then served internally to your Grid Clients. This has the advantage of not requiring your internal machines to use the Internet connection to fetch work units and post results. Rather this work can be time scheduled to happen out of working hours when no-one is using the internet connection for business use. Yes, this solution works very well for businesses wanting to join, and I would love to have the business I work for to be involved on a large scale but there would be the requirement of a Proxy Server as mentioned above. Additionally, is it possible to have a Non-Disclosure Agreement to cover the transfer of information from within a business network back to the World Community Grid network to cover the disclosure of information across that link? The issue is businesses are very worried (with or without valid reasons) that robot software is uploading and downloading information from their network to a 3rd party with which there is no NDA. Has this been addressed by the WCG? Some companies have 10's of thousands of computers and addressing the above may assist in them looking to donate a phenominal amount of CPU time to honorable endevours such as this one. Thanks, David |
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This post needs to be transferred to Suggestions / Feedback forum, since it is addressed to the WCG staff. I'll drop them a note.
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knreed
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I apologise if this question has already been addressed, I cannot find anything mentioned in the forums. Other Distributed/Grid style projects I have been involved in support the concept of a Proxy Server that sits within your private network, and pre-fetches a set amount of 'work units' which are then served internally to your Grid Clients. This has the advantage of not requiring your internal machines to use the Internet connection to fetch work units and post results. Rather this work can be time scheduled to happen out of working hours when no-one is using the internet connection for business use. Yes, this solution works very well for businesses wanting to join, and I would love to have the business I work for to be involved on a large scale but there would be the requirement of a Proxy Server as mentioned above. Additionally, is it possible to have a Non-Disclosure Agreement to cover the transfer of information from within a business network back to the World Community Grid network to cover the disclosure of information across that link? The issue is businesses are very worried (with or without valid reasons) that robot software is uploading and downloading information from their network to a 3rd party with which there is no NDA. Has this been addressed by the WCG? Some companies have 10's of thousands of computers and addressing the above may assist in them looking to donate a phenominal amount of CPU time to honorable endevours such as this one. Thanks, David David, World Community Grid is very interested in working with companies to bring them on board as partners. Please visit the following page for more information and to communicate with World Community Grid directly to discuss your specific concerns. http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewBecomePartner.do thanks for participating! knreed |
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Since you have been involved with businesses that participate in grid computing, Calrain, perhaps you may be able to assist me in understanding the feasibility of this application.
 The WCG installation seems to be a bit "buggy." Mostly, it appears, from application incompatibilities. Since there is a proxy server, are these problems minimized regarding each of the PCs operating within the network? Since a number of members have experienced cpu overheating problems, how does the IT department deal with this possibility? This last one may easily be impossible for you to answer, but it is worth asking. Since there are many more liability concerns in implementing distributed computing to a buisness vs. an individual, are you aware of any increased liability premiums that these other grid orgs. had to obtain? Your idea has always appealed to me, as well. Honestly, though, I have doubts about the short term feasibility of implenting it at this scale. Good luck working with your company. It would be a major coup and a darn good incentive for others to attempt the same thing.  |
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Thanks for your reply.
I will have a look at the partner information and see how I can best present this internally, but I can't promise anything. In regard to your questions: Application incompatabilities won't be affected by the use of a Proxy Server as issues usually show up on the client end. Internally all applications deployed to desktops are repackaged using professional packaging tools and they identify very early on any DLL conflicts that may occur and they are also identified as software progresses through our internal Test Labs. At other smaller businesses I have worked at, I had no problems with distributed clients and I was using a proxy server. With heating? I think the difference here is that in our business all floors are airconditioned, we don't have fluctuating temperatures like some houses may suffer under. Equally the software would not be installed on laptops and for those periods where airconditioning was shut down and heating was a problem, we can use the time limits on the client to stop over that period. Server rooms are no problem, the cooling is so strong that the extra heat will be barely noticable. Deployment into a large company would be staggered, with less important test/development environments probably receiving the client first. That is the approach I will take and as confidence grows, propose a wider deployment. I think this is a super opportunity but please understand, I work for a conservative company and I really can't promise anything in the way of actually deploying it. I can only try. Cheers. |
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