A Wildly Dynamic Grid-like Cluster Utilizing Idle Time of Common PC

Since breaking RSA encryption algorithm, computational equipment over the Internet has vastly been used for massively parallel computations in both generic approaches like Grids and project-driven uses such as SETI etc. Grids are usually built over well-known and defined infrastructures, while ad hoc approaches take advantage of idle computers using screen savers. However, those approaches have mostly been used for well- specified concrete projects, where the type of processing and data structures has previously been analysed and well defined. We propose a new simplified approach of utilising PC idle time that will serve as a generic platform for massively parallel computations. Our testbed is a subset of the computers all over the campus of TEI of Athens and beyond.