According to one general aspect, a scheduler computing device may include a computing task memory configured to store at least one computing task. The computing task may be executed by a data node of a distributed computing system, wherein the distributed computing system includes at least one data node, each data node having a central processor and an intelligent storage medium, wherein the intelligent storage medium comprises a controller processor and a memory. The scheduler computing device may include a processor configured to assign the computing task to be executed by either the central processor of a data node or the intelligent storage medium of the data node, based, at least in part, upon an amount of data associated with the computing task.