ROLE-BASED NODE SPECIALIZATION WITHIN A DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM

摘要

A distributed processing system is described that employs 'role-based' computing. In particular, the distributed processing system is constructed as a collection of computing nodes in which each computing node performs a particular processing role within the operation of the overall distributed processing system. Each of the computing nodes includes a conventional operating system, such as the Linux operating system, and includes a plug-in software module to provide a distributed memory operating system that employs the role-based computing techniques.