1. A method for configuring a system for processing queries, the method comprising: manipulating at least one processing node of a plurality of processing nodes to operate as a master node of a global-results processing matrix based at least in part on configuration software; manipulating at least some of the remaining processing nodes of the plurality of processing nodes to operate as a slave node of the global-results processing matrix based at least in part on configuration software; manipulating at least one processing node of a subset of the plurality of processing nodes to operate as a designated master node of a second global-results processing matrix; manipulating each of the remaining processing nodes of the subset to operate as a designated slave node of the second global-results processing matrix; receiving at least one query; processing the at least one query by at least one of the global-results processing matrix and the second global-results processing matrix, wherein processing the at least one query is based on allocation of database operations among the processing matrices and timing of query submission; and outputting at least one query result based on the processed at least one query.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising manipulating at least one processing node of the plurality of processing nodes to operate as a query server.