Processor array

A processor array is like a storage array but contains and manages processing elements instead of storage elements.

The processor array should have the following characteristics:

• Should support forty or more processing elements (blades) per chassis
• The chassis should support the use of commodity motherboards
• The chassis should only backplane power and management capabilities to extend the life of the chassis and reduce chassis change costs
• Will provide end to end redundant power
• Each processing element should support two or more redundant virtualized I/O connections

See also

• Computer cluster
• Distributed computing
• Massively parallel processor array
• Blade server