Grid computing: the next network challenge!
Bruno Volckaert, Pieter Thysebaert, Marc De Leenheer, Filip De Turck, Bart Dhoedt, Piet M. A. Demeester · 2004
This paper discusses an overview of current grid systems, application taxonomy and emerging trends. The implications for the network are analysed, taking current grid deployments as a starting point. The importance of co-management of computational/ storage and network resources is illustrated. The Concept of Grid Computing Historical background Supercomputers and clusters have been the main workhorses to process computationally complex problems, often originating from the scientific community. However, problems are becoming increasingly demanding, challenging the capabilities of even the most powerful single supercomputer or cluster system. This observation led to the idea to join forces for solving these problems in a reasonable timeframe, by interconnecting these remote computational and storage resources into a single number-crunching system: the grid