Accession Number:

ADA455550

Title:

Wide-Area Computing: Resource Sharing on a Large Scale

Descriptive Note:

Conference paper

Corporate Author:

VIRGINIA UNIV CHARLOTTESVILLE

Personal Author(s):

• Grimshaw, Andrew
• Ferrari, Adam
• Knabe, Frederick
• Humphrey, Marty

Report Date:

1999-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

10.0

Abstract:

Computing over wide-area networks has been largely ad hoc, but as needs increase, piecemeal solutions no longer make sense. Legion, a network-level operating system, was designed from scratch to target wide-area computing demands.

Descriptors:

• *NETWORKS
• *AREA COVERAGE
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• TARGETS
• SHARING
• RESOURCES
• COMPUTER FILES

Subject Categories:

• Computer Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE