2007-02-26 03:06:47 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Distributed means each individual node is not local to the others. Clustered means each node is local to the others. Think of the meaning of the words - distributed means multiple items spread out; clustered means multiple items placed together; in a "cluster".
A good way to visualize it is imagine a rack of servers in a datacenter. That could be considered a cluster of servers. Then imagine Folding@Home or SETI@Home - programs where many people participate by using their own PCs to help process data. The individual PCs are distributed - none of them are local to each other; none of them are aware of each other or can see each other, but they are all working together like clustered systems.
2007-02-26 03:09:02 · answer #1 · answered by Rex M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋