Determining, transmitting, and receiving performance information with respect to an operation performed locally and at remote nodes

Further provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for determining, transmitting, and receiving performance information with respect to an operation performed locally and at remote nodes. Performance information is determined with respect to performing an operation at a node and transmitted to remote nodes over a network. Performance information is received from the remote nodes with respect to the remote nodes performing the operation. The determined and received performance information is used to determine whether to perform the operation at one of the remote nodes or the node. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.