Grid Computing

Term sometimes covering general Distributed Computing, othertimes focuses on Parallel Processing over the net.

http://www.nature.com/nature/webmatters/grid/grid.html

http://www-1.ibm.com/grid/

Open Grid Forum/OGF - http://www.gridforum.org/

http://www.gridcomputingplanet.com/

Python notes:

• http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/gr-dw-grpintro-i.html

OGSI - Open Grid Services Infrastructure

• https://forge.gridforum.org/projects/ogsi-wg

• http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~humphrey/GCG/ogsi.net.html

• <http://www.sve.man.ac.uk/Research/Ato Z/ILCT>

• Globus http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/grid/library/gr-gt3/

Grid Alliance

• reference model <http://www.gridalliance.org/en/workgroups/Reference Model.asp>

Some real examples:

• Seti At Home

• Folding At Home

  • Nov'2007: record for largest computer, assisted by PS3 users