1. A platform for computer processing, comprising: a plurality of computer processors connected to an internal communication network; at least one control node in communication with an external communication network and an external storage network having an external storage address space, and wherein the at least one control node is connected to the internal network and thereby in communication with the plurality of computer processors; configuration logic to define and establish a virtual processing area network having a corresponding set of computer processors from the plurality of processors, a virtual local area communication network providing communication among the set of computer processors but excluding the processors from the plurality not in the defined set, and a virtual storage space with a defined correspondence to the address space of the storage network.