A framework for cluster management is proposed that enables a cluster to be more efficiently utilized within a research environment. It does so by removing cluster management to a management node, leaving the compute nodes as essentially bare machinery. Users may schedule access to one or more of the compute nodes via the management node. At the scheduled time, a previously-saved image of their...

Geographic clustering of innovative industries is associated with the entry and success of spinoff firms. We develop a model to explain the multiple empirical patterns regarding cluster growth and spinoff formation and performance, without relying on agglomeration externalities. Clustering naturally follows from spinoffs locating near their parents. In our model, firms grow and spinoffs form th...

Since clusters were first introduced[5], node counts have increased rapidly. Currently, a variety of clusters with more than one thousand nodes are listed on the TOP500 list. In the next three years, clusters with more than four thousand nodes are expected. Cluster management functionality has lagged behind all areas of system software. In order to effectively manage the clusters of today and t...