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Using idle workstations in a shared computing environment

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ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review, Volume 21, Issue 5

Pages 5 - 12

https://doi.org/10.1145/37499.37502

Published: 01 November 1987 Publication History

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The Butler system is a set of programs running on Andrew workstations at CMU that give users access to idle workstations. Current Andrew users use the system over 300 times per day. This paper describes the implementation of the Butler system and tells of our experience in using it. In addition, it describes an application of the system known as gypsy servers, which allow network server programs to be run on idle workstations instead of using dedicated server machines.

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ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review Volume 21, Issue 5

Nov. 1987

162 pages

ISSN:0163-5980

DOI:10.1145/37499

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SOSP '87: Proceedings of the eleventh ACM Symposium on Operating systems principles
November 1987
162 pages
ISBN:089791242X
DOI:10.1145/41457
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