Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC)

• Introduction

Developing distributed applications with BOINC

• Projects
• Compute Model: files and file references
• Compute Model: applications, platforms and versions
• Compute Model: Workunits
• Compute Model: Results
• Compute Model: Batches
• Compute Model: Work Distribution
• Compute Model: Handling Very Long Computations
• Compute Model: Remote File Access
• Accounting and Result Validation
• Back end examples
• The BOINC application library
• Client graphics
• Application development

Operating a BOINC project

• Installing BOINC
• The master URL
• Project startup checklist
• The BOINC database
• The BOINC scheduling server
• Operational tools: security
• Operational tools: applications and versions
• Operational tools: work and results
• Security

Participating in BOINC projects

• Participant accounts
• Preferences
• Participant startup

Implementation and debugging notes

• Test applications and scripts
• The BOINC client/server protocol
• Scheduling server: policy
• Scheduling server: implementation
• Scheduling server: debugging
• Host measurements
• Core Client: file structure
• Core Client: FSM structure
• Core Client: data structures
• Core client: logic
• Scheduler RPC timing and retry policies
• Compute Model: Persistent File Transfers
• Core client: debugging