11. A database configuration system comprising: a plurality of processing nodes interconnected via a network to the database configuration system, each processing node having at least one processor, at least one memory, and at least one disk storage; and wherein the system is configured to: manipulate at least one processing node of a subset of the plurality of processing nodes to operate as a designated master node of a global-results processing matrix based at least in part on configuration software; manipulate at least some of the remaining processing nodes of the subset to operate as a designated slave node of the global-results processing matrix based at least in part on configuration software; manipulate 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; and manipulate each processing node of the subset to operate as a designated slave node of the second global-results processing matrix.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the system is further configured to manipulate at least one processing node to operate as a query server, wherein the query server receives at least one query and processes the at least one query based on the global-results processing matrix.