Dual Processor Over Network?

[JustinK101]

I am fairly knowledge with hardware and windows. I am currently running a server with windows 2000 server connected on a t-base 100 network switch to another computer running windows XP professional.

Is there any way to have my server do processing for my windows XP machine via the network? So basically run dual processors over the network and have the server use it?s idle processor to help my workstation with crunching and such. I guess it would be considered reverse serving. Usually the server does the crutching for the workstations, but I want the server to work for the workstation. Do I need a application to control this task? Thanks for information, advice, and comments.

-- Justin

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

Well, my advice is to forget it. 🙂 You are talking about a client/server setup, but the applications have to be written with this in mind.

 

[buleyb]

agreed, its application specific at that point.

Usually the server does the crutching for the workstations, but I want the server to work for the workstation

I think you messed this up. You want the workstations to help offload work from the server, right?

This can be done with grid computing, but again, you have to set that up as an additional layer, or have it be more application specific (and in some cases, this will severely degrade performance if not intended for distributed computing).

 

[Goosemaster]

WIndows server ...clustering....?


linux..beowulf.....?

 

[martind1]

are you really doing that much crunching that the benefit is worth the effort?


\I mean how much processor do you need to watch porn?


MAKING porn is another thing.

 

[azev]

Terminal Service ???

This way everything is done at the server and your workstation basically do nothing.