BOINC: A System for Public-Resource Computing and Storage

Published 6 April 2005

David P. Anderson

DOI10.1109/grid.2004.14

Citations1,912

TL;DR

The goals of BOINC are described, the design issues that were confronted, and the solutions to these problems are described.

Abstract

BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) is a software system that makes it easy for scientists to create and operate public-resource computing projects. It supports diverse applications, including those with large storage or communication requirements. PC owners can participate in multiple BOINC projects, and can specify how their resources are allocated among these projects. We describe the goals of BOINC, the design issues that we confronted, and our solutions to these problems.

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