[Search-l] Using Grid Computing for Wikia Project

[Grahame Gould]

Seth,

As I understand it, the whole point of distributed computing is not to
tie up your ISP but you use your spare CPU power.  You download a
project, your computer works on it and send back results.  All the
projects I've seen wouldn't use more of your internet than having your
mail program running.

I'm not sure what is hoped to be accomplished by this Wikia at Home
project.

Grahame Gould
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Sent: Friday, 11 May 2007 8:37 AM
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Subject: Re: [Search-l] Using Grid Computing for Wikia Project

> Pushparajan V
> Why not we have a Wikia at Home project ?

	A limiting factor for such a project is bandwidth. While your
CPU and disk are your own, your ISP is likely to get very unhappy if you
saturate your net connection 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 
There's major issues where "unlimited" usage doesn't really mean that.

	Yacy is trying to solve this, but it's a complicated technical
issue.

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