Adv and Disadv of sideband Computing

Advantage

Sideband computing maximizes the participation and involvement of clients who are connecting with the server so that every client could help to contribute. With little cost, the network server can act as a supercomputer.

Most other distributed computing requires each client to manually install client side software, proactively participate in the computing and the computation is the sole objective of such client side software.

With sideband computing, sideband service stays along with a regular network service, which allows the sideband services being served without much interrupting to the main network service that is less intrusive and more user-friendly to the end user.

On a different view, a client can be viewed as paying its “contributing” in exchange of the regular service it is served. This is similar to volunteering computing

Disadvantage

Sideband computing requires a regular network service being performed beforehand. Without the main network service, it is not called sideband method.Disadvantage

Sideband computing requires a regular network service being performed beforehand. Without the main network service, it is not called sideband method.