3. GRID???
“Resource sharing & coordinated
problem solving in dynamic, multi-
institutional virtual organizations”.
4. Grid computing is a term referring to the
group of computer resources from
multiple administrative domains to reach
a common goal.
5. 2nd W
WHEN?
The grid
computing originated in
the early 1990s as
a metaphor
6. 3rd W
WHO??
The ideas of the grid (including those
from distributed computing, object-
oriented programming, and Web
services) were brought together by
Ian Foster, Carl
Kesselman, and Steve, widely
regarded as the "fathers of the grid".[
10. Who Needs Grid Computing?
• A chemist may utilize hundreds of
processors to screen thousands of
compounds per hour.
• Many large-scale problems cannot be
solved by a single computer.
• Meteorologists seek to visualize and
analyze petabytes of climate data with
enormous computational demands.
11. Grid Users
• Grid developers
• Tool developers
• Application developers
• End Users
• System Administrators
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12. Some Highly Visible Grids
• The NASA Information Power Grid
(IPG).
• The Distributed Terascale Facility
(DTF) Project.
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13. Conclusions
• Hardware acceleration is offered to both
local and remote users.
• Resources are available through an
efficient and easy-to-use interface.
• A development environment is provided
for devising and testing a wide variety
of software, hardware and hybrid
solutions.
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