GRID Computing: Techniques and Future Prospects

• Type: Book
• Date: 2015

Authors

Jorge Manuel Gomes Barbosa (Editor) FEUP; Inês Dutra (Editor) FCUP

Publisher

Nova Science Publishers

New York

Indexing

Scopus - 1 Citation

Scientific classification

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Computer engineering

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00K-578

Abstract (EN): In the past two decades, grid computing have fostered advances in several scientific domains by making resources available to a wide community and bridging scientific gaps. Grid infrastructures have been harnessing computational resources all around the world allowing all kinds of parallelism to be explored. Other approaches to parallel and distributed computing still exist like the use of dedicated high-performance (HPC) infrastructures, and the use of clouds for computing and storage, but grid computing continues to be the predominant technology used for scientific computing in Europe, through the European Grid Infrastructure (EGI) and the European Middleware Initiative (EMI). Currently, there is a trend towards the use of cloud technologies for computing and storage. In Europe, this trend is being followed by taking advantage of all the experience gained on building grid infrastructures and the technologies developed around them (resource management orchestration, unified job description languages, security, user interfaces, programming models, and scheduling policies, among others). As a result, the European Grid Infrastructure Federated Cloud is being built on top of the grid infrastructure already available. After almost two decades of the development of grid software and components and the emergence of competing technologies, now is the time to discuss current trends and to assess future prospects.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 213

ISBN: 978-1-63117-704-0

Collection: Computer Science, Technology and Applications

Edition: 1 ª