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Not the whole project, but the [[TCP_connection|TCP repair]] can be used to offload an app-level request handling on another box.
 
Not the whole project, but the [[TCP_connection|TCP repair]] can be used to offload an app-level request handling on another box.
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== HPC issues ==
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High Performance Computing people may require it for two things:
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# Load balancing a computational task over a cluster. It can be done in two directions -- push parts of a task on another box to utilize idle parts of a cluster or pull parts of a task to a local box to make better use of local caches.
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# Periodic state save to avoid recomputation in case of a cluster crash.