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Datum 2014 CLUSTER COMPUTING SINDHU.N B.Sc CT (G1) - IV and a "compute cluster" may also use a high-availability approach, etc. proaching grid computing. DATA SHARING COMPUTER CLUSTER BENEFITS Customers can elimi- computer clusters were appearing A computer cluster con- nate the cost and complexity of pro- during the 1980s, so were supercom- sists of a set of loosely connected curing, configuring and operating HPC puters. One of the elements that or tightly connected computersthat clusters with low, pay-as-you-go pric- distinguished the three classes at work toge ѡ