I reason I joined the Asteroids at Home Project is that I would like to support the goal of mapping all the objects in the solar system, especially those that intersect the orbit of Earth.

What is the function of a team in the distributed computing environment?

In general, a team is a group of individuals that work towards achieving a goal.

I was invited to a team, but the reply asking about teams went unanswered. This caused me to think about teams. This endeavor produced three categories: advantages, disadvantages, and duties.

Since this is a distributed computing environment, the individual's computer is automatically a member of the team consisting of all the computers that are contributing to the project by completing work units. The advantage to the project is when the computer completes a work unit. The advantage to the individual is the ability to join or quit without inconveniencing others. The advantage to the computer is a consistent operating temperature. The disadvantage is to the individual who pays for the resources used. The duty is to complete all the work units assigned.

Personally, I see no reason to join a team since the computer is the main participant. I can see a psychological advantage for the individual, but there should be some additional reasons of which I am currently not aware.

Please comment if you have any additional information about team membership that may cause me to change my opinion.

I don't know.

some team a more names.

other, like Rechenkraft, are organized communitys which sometimes even run there own projects in boinc and where you can particpate with more then pure crunching...

the question is, what do you want from a team?

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