alleryStart learning →What role does the central server play on a grid?
AIt acts as team leader and traffic monitor
BIt performs all the computation by itself
CIt stores every result that is ever produced
DIt sells surplus capacity to outside buyers
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. It acts as team leader and traffic monitor
1. A hardware and software infrastructure clusters and integrates computers and applications from multiple sources.
2. This structure distributes computational resources but maintains central control of the process.
3. A central server acts as a team leader and traffic monitor.
4. The controlling cluster server divides a task into subtasks and assigns work to computers with surplus processing power.
5. It then combines the results and moves on to the next task until the job is finished.
6. Doing the computation itself would defeat the purpose of harnessing many machines.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business (CC BY 4.0), Ch 13 "Using Technology to Manage Information", section 13.6 Grid and Cloud Computing Offer Powerful Solutions_
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