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The document provides an overview of cluster computing, detailing its definition, categorization, components, and architecture. It highlights the benefits of clusters, such as high availability, performance, and scalability, while also addressing limitations like high latency and low software support. Additionally, it compares clusters with other distributed computing models and concludes that cluster computing is essential for various applications due to its cost-effectiveness and reliability.

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MCA Cluster Computing Ppt

The document provides an overview of cluster computing, detailing its definition, categorization, components, and architecture. It highlights the benefits of clusters, such as high availability, performance, and scalability, while also addressing limitations like high latency and low software support. Additionally, it compares clusters with other distributed computing models and concludes that cluster computing is essential for various applications due to its cost-effectiveness and reliability.

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Seminar
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CLUSTER
COMPUTING

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Content
• Introduction
• Cluster Categorization
• Cluster Component
• How Does It Work?
• Cluster Architecture
• Cluster Benefits
• Cluster Features
• Cluster Application
• Limitations
• Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
Cluster is a widely used term meaning independent
computers combined into a unified system through
software and networking
Clusters are typically used for High Availability
(HA) for greater reliability or High Performance
Computing (HPC) to provide greater
computational power than a single computer can
provide.
Clusters are composed of many commodity
computers, linked together by a high-speed
dedicated network
Cluster Categorization
• High-availability (HA) clusters

• Load balancing clusters

• High-performance (HPC) clusters

• Grid Cluster
High Availability or Failover Clusters
 These clusters are designed to provide uninterrupted availability
of data or services (typically web services) to the end-user
community.
 if a node fails, the service can be restored without affecting the
availability of the services provided by the cluster. While the
application will still be available, there will be a performance
drop due to the missing node.
 The purpose of these clusters is to ensure that a single instance of
an application is only ever running on one cluster member at a
time but if and when that cluster member is no longer available,
the application will failover to another cluster member.
• High-availability clusters implementations are
best for mission-critical applications or
databases, mail, file and print, web, or
application servers.
Load Balancing Cluster

 This type of cluster distributes incoming requests for resources or


content among multiple nodes running the same programs or
having the same content.
 Both the high availability and load-balancing cluster
technologies can be combined to increase the reliability,
availability, and scalability of application and data resources that
are widely deployed for web, mail, news, or FTP services.
 Every node in the cluster is able to handle requests for the same
content or application.
 This type of distribution is typically seen in a web-hosting
environment.
Load Balancing Cluster Diagram
Parallel/Distributed Processing Clusters
 parallel processing was performed by multiple
processors in a specially designed parallel
computer. These are systems in which multiple
processors share a single memory and bus
interface within a single computer.

These types of cluster increase availability,


performance, and scalability for applications,
particularly computationally or data intensive
tasks.
Cluster Component
The basic building blocks of clusters are broken
down into multiple categories:
1. Cluster Nodes
2. Cluster Network
3. Network Characterization
How Does It Work?

 A user submits a job to the head node. The job


identifies the application to run on the cluster.
The job scheduler on the head node assigns each
task defined by the job to a node and then starts
each application instance on the assigned node.
Results from each of the application instances
are returned to the client via files or databases.
Cluster Architecture

A cluster is a type of parallel or distributed processing


system that consists of a collection of interconnected
stand-alone computers working together as a single,
integrated computing resource
Cluster Computing Features

• Network technologies
• Network Types
• Communication Protocols
• Operating system
• Single System Image (SSI)
• Quorum
CLUSTER BENEFITS

The main benefits of clusters are:


1. Availability
2. Performance
3. Scalability

 These benefits map to needs of today's


enterprise business, education, military and
scientific community infrastructures.
Cluster Application

There are three primary categories of


applications that use parallel clusters :

1. Compute Intensive Application.

2. Data or I/O Intensive Applications.

3. Transaction Intensive Applications.


LIMITATIONS

• Typically latency is very high and bandwidth


relatively low.
• Currently there is very little software support for
treating a cluster as a single system.
• Problems exist in the interactions between mixed
application workloads on a single time-shared
computer
Comparing with other distributed computing

Characteristic Cluster Grid P2P

Resource Management (i.e. Centralized Distributed Distributed


memory, objects, storage,
network access, etc)

Resource Ownership Singular Singular or multiple, varies from Singular, multiple, or distributed,
(Often locked to a single node to platform to platform depending on circumstance
prevent data corruption) and architecture

Method of Resource Allocation / Centralized, allocated according Decentralized N/A, there is no single permanent
Scheduling configuration host for centralized data or
resource management.
Everything is transient.

External Representation Single Image Single or multiple image(s) Unknown, it is circumstantial

Inter-Operability Guaranteed within a cluster Enforced within a framework Multiple competing standards

Suggested Equipments Mostly high-end, high capability High-end or commodity systems Any type, including wireless device
systems and embedded systems.

Scaling 2- 16 way (Although, Two to thousands units connection Theoretically, infinite (In actuality, it
theoretically 128+ is depends on network backbone
possible) transmission speed, number of
clients, and type of
transmission protocol…..)

Discovery Mechanism Defined membership (Static or Centralized index, as well as, Always decentralized discovery
Dynamic) multiple decentralized mechanism.
mechanisms.
CONCLUSION
Cluster computing has become a major part of many
research programs because the price to performance
ratio of commodity clusters is very good. Also, because
the nodes in a cluster are clones, there is no single point
of failure, which enhances the reliability to the cluster.
Reference
• www.google.com
• www.wikipedia.com
• www.studymafia.org
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