Resource discovery over P2P networks for the creation of dynamic virtual clusters

Abstract. The importance of cycle-sharing and distributed computing has grown in the past years and the amount of internet traffic over peer-to-peer networks is increasing. The methods that peer-to-peer applications use to maintain scalability and perform their goals can be used to improve upon current grid systems to facilitate the creation and maintenance of dynamic virtual clusters allowing them to grow further or perform better. We intend to draw upon the strengths of P2P and grid systems to create a system capable of dynamically creating or adjusting virtual clusters for the execution of distributed applications, thus allowing for higher cluster availability as well as lessen the wasted computational resources in the form of idle machines