Grid Computing (IBM Press On Demand Series)

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ISBN: 131456601
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2002
Pages: 118

Authors: Jerry Joyce, Marianne Moon

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Grid Computing
Table of Contents
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Preface
What is the Importance of this Book?
What You Can Expect from This Book
How this Book is organized
Notes
Acknowledgments
Part 1: Grid Computing
Chapter 1. Introduction
Early Grid Activities
Current Grid Activities
An Overview of Grid Business Areas
Grid Applications
Grid Infrastructure
Conclusion
Notes
Part 2: Grid Computing Worldwide Initiatives
Chapter 2. Grid Computing Organizations and Their Roles
Organizations Developing Grid Standards and Best Practice Guidelines
Organizations Developing Grid Computing Toolkits and the Framework
Organizations Building and Using Grid-Based Solutions to Solve Computing, Data, and Network Requirements
Commercial Organizations Building and Using Grid-Based Solutions
Notes
Chapter 3. The Grid Computing Anatomy
The Grid Problem
Summary
Notes
Chapter 4. The Grid Computing Road Map
Autonomic Computing
Business On Demand and Infrastructure Virtualization
Service-Oriented Architecture and Grid
Semantic Grids
Summary
Notes
Part 3: The New Generation of Grid Computing Applications
Chapter 5. Merging the Grid Services Architecture with the Web Services Architecture
Service-Oriented Architecture
Web Service Architecture
XML, Related Technologies, and Their Relevance to Web Services
XML Messages and Enveloping
Service Message Description Mechanisms
Relationship between Web Service and Grid Service
Web Service Interoperability and the Role of the WS-I Organization
Notes
Part 4: The Grid Computing Technological Viewpoints
Chapter 6. Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA)
Introduction
OGSA Architecture and Goal
Chapter 7. Some Sample Use Cases That Drive the OGSA
Commercial Data Center (CDC)
National Fusion Collaboratory (NFC)
Online Media and Entertainment
Summary
Note
Chapter 8. The OGSA Platform Components
Native Platform Services and Transport Mechanisms
OGSA Hosting Environment
Core Networking Services Transport and Security
OGSA Infrastructure
OGSA Basic Services
Summary
Chapter 9. Open Grid Services Infrastructure (OGSI)
Introduction
Grid Services
A High-Level Introduction to OGSI
Technical Details of OGSI Specification
Introduction to Service Data Concepts
Grid Service: Naming and Change Management Recommendations
Summary
Notes
Chapter 10. OGSA Basic Services
Common Management Model (CMM)
Service Domains
Policy Architecture
Security Architecture
Metering and Accounting
Common Distributed Logging
Distributed Data Access and Replication
Conclusion
Notes
Part 5: The Grid Computing Toolkits
Chapter 11. GLOBUS GT3 Toolkit: Architecture
GT3 Software Architecture Model
Summary
Note
Chapter 12. GLOBUS GT3 Toolkit: Programming Model
Introduction
Service Programming Model
Summary
Chapter 13. GLOBUS GT3 Toolkit: A Sample Implementation
Acme Search Service Implementation in a Top-Down Approach
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 14. GLOBUS GT3 Toolkit: High-Level Services
Introduction
Resource Discovery and Monitoring
Resource Allocation
Data Management
Information Services
Index Services
Resource Information Provider Service
Resource Management Services
Data Management Services
Conclusion
Note
Chapter 15. OGSI.NET Middleware Solutions
OGSI.NET Framework Implementation
Summary
Notes
Glossary
References