👉 Sail computing, also known as sail-based computing or distributed computing with sails, is a paradigm that leverages the collective power of a network of geographically dispersed, often commodity hardware devices to perform complex computations. Inspired by the concept of sails on ships, which harness wind to propel vessels efficiently, this approach uses software to dynamically allocate tasks across these devices based on their current capacity and proximity to the data. This allows for highly scalable and cost-effective processing, as resources are utilized optimally without the need for centralized infrastructure. Sail computing excels in handling large-scale data processing, machine learning tasks, and other computationally intensive activities by distributing workloads across a wide array of nodes, thereby achieving high performance and resilience while minimizing latency and energy consumption.
