Grid Computing News : Tapping PC Resources for Storage Needs

Take a good look at any desktop fleet and consider how many, if any, PCs are using or even require all the available capacity. Then imagine corralling all that unused space and tying it together like a grid to create a needed storage pool. That's exactly the road many small to midsize businesses (SMBs) are traveling in building out data storage. "This emerging approach is a dispersed strategy dependent on the LAN," said Andrew Reichman, an analyst with Forrester Research. All the office manager was concerned with was getting a more reliable data backup system that could scale as needed once electronic health records started flowing into the network.... read more