Cluster computing

A cluster is a collection of parallel or distributed processing systems that consists of a collection of interconnected standalone computers working together as a single integrated computing resource. Clusters offer high performance, expandability, scalability, high throughput, and high availability at a very low cost. Clusters are used mainly for high availability, load-balancing, and computing purpose. They are used for high availability purposes as they maintain redundant nodes which are used to provide service when system components fail. The performance of the system is improved here because even if one node fails there is another standby node that will carry the task and eliminates single points of failure without any hindrance [5]. When multiple computers are linked together in a cluster, they share the computational workload as a single virtual computer. The user’s requests are received and distributed among all the standalone computers to form a cluster. This results in balanced computational work among different machines, improving the performance of the cluster systems. 

The figure shows how cloud computing works


Comparison Between Cluster Computing and Cloud Computing?

Cluster computing is more suitable when you want to increase your computing power according to your needs like running complex algorithms since they provide a high-performance computing framework that helps solve more complex operations more efficiently with a faster processing speed and better data integrity.




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