Type 3 Configuration
Heterogeneous OS Cluster
Configuration
n Grid Server communicates with
Relay Server that has a public
IP address
n Relay Server communicates
with Platform Server that only
has an internal IP address
n Platform Server communicates
with Node Servers that process
Grid Server tasks
n Nodes can have different OS
architecture (Linux-Alpha,
etc.), and processor class may
also be different (PIII-Xeon,
Pwr2-Pwr3, etc.)
Grid Server
Type 3
Grid Server
Relay Server
Platform Server
Node Server Type 1
Node Server Type 2