GRID COMPUTING

GRID COMPUTING
 Today's science is much based on computation, data
analysis, and collaboration as on the efforts of individual
experimentalists and theorists.

 Grid computing is the application of several computers

to a single problem at the same time.

 Grid computing depends on software to divide and

apportion pieces of a program among several computers.
 In case of clusters, the resource allocation is performed
by a centralised resource manager and all nodes
cooperatively work together as a single unified resource.
In case of Grids, each node has its own resource manager
and do not aim for providing a single system view.

 One of the major disadvantages of this feature is that the

computers which are actually performing the
calculations might not be entirely trustworthy.
HOW GRID COMPUTING WORKS
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE MAJOR BUSINESS
AREAS FOR GRID COMPUTING
 Life sciences – analyze biological and chemical
information.
 Financial services- for complex financial models.

 Higher education – data and computation-intensive

research.
 Engineering services – collaborative design and data-
intensive testing.
 Government – collaboration and agility in both civil and
military departments
SOME OF PROMINENT GRID COMPUTING
ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE
 Global Grid Forum(GGF)
 European Grid Forum

 IBM

 Unicor Forum

 Griphyn
REFERENCES
 Joshy Joseph, Craig Fellenstein, Pearson Pte.Ltd, pg
no:35.
 http://www.google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http://
static.howstuffworks.com/gif/grid-computing.
 http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,
sid80_gci773157,00.html.