Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of AppCoprocessor

Timestamp:

Mar 6, 2008, 3:29:28 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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AppCoprocessor

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 = Managing allocated resources =
 
-BOINC has a hardwired model of the following resources:
+BOINC has a hardwired model of various resources:
 
  * CPUs
@@ -7 +7 @@
  * disk space
 
-What about other types of resources, such as
+Some hosts have other processing resources:
 
  * GPU(s)
  * SPEs in a Cell processor
 
+How can we extend BOINC to take these resources into account,
+i.e. to send the best available app version to hosts,
+and to execute the best combination of apps on a given host?
+
 We'll assume that these resources are "allocated" rather than "scheduled":
-an application using a resource has it "locked"
+an application using a resource has it locked
 while the app is in memory,
 even if the app is suspended by BOINC or descheduled by the OS.