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Clusters allow one to leverage cheap commodity-grade computer hardware to generate massive amounts of computing power to accomplish the tasks which may typically be assigned to extremely high end computers and supercomputers.

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How would one describe cluster computing?

Cluster computing can be described as a group of computers that work together in so many ways that they are essentially one large computer, rather than several separate ones. A group of computers working together in a cluster is able to do things not possible by a single member of the unit, while being less expensive and easily available than one supercomputer doing the same job.


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The "supercomputers" come in different sizes; they make them larger every time. The whole point of a supercomputer is to process data quickly. If a lot of data is needed, most of it would probably be stored separately, in some database system. For example, the Babar database has about 900 Terabyte (that is, almost a Petabyte) of data stored; I don't now if there is an associated supercomputer, but I read something about 100 computers, with a total of 2000 processors, used to manage the database; I guess this cluster would qualify as a supercomputer. The situation is similar with Google, and similar online services. The data is shared among hundreds or thousands of computers, but since they work together, they would also qualify as a supercomputer. I would venture a guess that Google's database is larger than Babar's, but as far as I know, there is no published data on this particular point.


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Because it's incredibly secure, stable, fast, and proven to be efficient as server/supercomputer OS. It also has a better TCP/IP stack than windows.


How fast is a supercomputer compared to a Mac?

Considering the fact a Mac is often slower than a normal PC and a average super computer is roughly the speed of around 100 PCs. A supercomputer is an extremely large amount more powerful than a Mac.


Scientists are working on a nanocomputer that will be the size of a pencil and will be more powerful than today's fastest?

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