  Cluster computing is not a new area of computing. It is, however, evident
that there is a growing interest in its usage in all areas where applications
have traditionally used parallel or distributed computing platforms. The
growing interest has been fuelled in part by the availability of powerful
microprocessors and high-speed networks as off-the-shelf commodity components
as well as in part by the rapidly maturing software components available to
support high performance and high availability applications.
  This White Paper has been broken down into eleven sections, each of which has
been put together by academics and industrial researchers who are both experts
in their fields and where willing to volunteer their time and effort to put
together this White Paper. The status of this paper is draft and we are at the
stage of publicizing its presence and making a Request For Comments (RFC).
