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Avoid Transferring Data

Sometimes it is good to look at a problem from a different angle. One of the main issues for data in a Grid is how to transfer the information fast enough. If instead of transferring the data to a remote location you can perform processing at the source of the data, you may be able to avoid or reduce the amount of data you need to transfer and consequently improve the speed of the overall system.

Avoiding Data Transfer

The local system would be given instructions by the remote system on how it should process the data from the database. This could then yield a much smaller result which could be returned to the remote system for further processing.

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