I am not sure whether this idea that I am about to write has been implemented before or not but it has crossed my mind so I am writing it to you all. Grid / distributed computing is being done these days via availing of services or giving some services as an application in operating systems. What I want to propose is what if every operating system which for example has a networking stack implemented in it, in the same way support for grid computing / distributed computing is built into it and a separate internet layer manages data transfer to be processed to OSes which are free.
My suggesionts:
1. Have a variable system built into all OSes which have internet interface which can allocate space and resources as per what amount of space and resources are free on the OS.
2. Let a separate new internet layer decide from where to pull data and where to be put on which system where there is space. This could be auotmatically encrypted and sent over the net and whereever there is free space it can put up to be processed or delivered as a service from a webserver. This same layer based on priorities of the data to be processed or delivered on net as per required could also decide on criticality and send it to free systems on internet. I would like to differentiate between caching and this concept of mine. In caching we are keeping a server to cache regularly used data but here we have a built in container / system on every OS on net. Here even the container can study its network and get trends and fetch the data from required servers and locally keep copies. Another advantage over caching would be same container could be used for procesing which is not the function of a cache server.
Example : Suppose a server of paypal has to process millions of records every month. If a high percentage of this processing is encrypted and sent to container on various systems running on internet, the same work can be done with less powerfull paypal servers.
Advantages:
Large saving of bandwidth internationally
Lessening on loads of major servers.
Cheaper and less powerful servers could be put up on net
Kindly pardon me if this has been implemented already. I am a computer science student about to complete his studies in a few months so I am not aware of all developments that have taken place. I would be happy to have your suggestions and feedback.
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Thanking you,
Neil Harwani,
BE (Civil)
L D College of Engineering, Ahmedabad
MCA
ICFAI School of Information Technology,
Hyderabad
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Thanking you,
Neil Harwani,
BE (Civil)
L D College of Engineering, Ahmedabad
MCA
ICFAI School of Information Technology,
Hyderabad
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