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Grid Computing

This document provides an overview of grid computing. It defines grid computing as a type of data management and computing infrastructure designed to support scientific research and commercial applications. The document outlines who can use grid computing including governments, educators, and businesses. It describes the architecture of grid computing including fabric, connectivity, resource, collective, and application layers. It also discusses types of grids like computational grids, scavenging grids, and data grids. The document concludes that grid computing introduces a new concept of distributed computing over heterogeneous resources enabled by open standards.

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Grid Computing

This document provides an overview of grid computing. It defines grid computing as a type of data management and computing infrastructure designed to support scientific research and commercial applications. The document outlines who can use grid computing including governments, educators, and businesses. It describes the architecture of grid computing including fabric, connectivity, resource, collective, and application layers. It also discusses types of grids like computational grids, scavenging grids, and data grids. The document concludes that grid computing introduces a new concept of distributed computing over heterogeneous resources enabled by open standards.

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Seminar

On
Grid Computing

BUSA SRAVANI
Admission number :
P22091
Content

Introduction
What is Grid Computing
Who can use Grid Computing
Application
How Grid Computing Works
Architecture
Content

Types of Grid
Advantages
Disadvantages
Conclusion
Introduction

Since its introduction, the concept of grid


computing has acquired great popularity, even
greater than the Web itself had at its beginning.
 The concept has not only found its place within
numerous science projects (in medicine e.g.), but is
also being used for various commercial
applications.
What is Grid Computing?

Grid computing is a type of data management and


computer infrastructure, designed as a support
primarily for scientific research, but, as said in the
introduction, also used in various commercial
concepts, business research, entertainment and
finally by governments of different countries.
Who can use grid computing

Governments and International


Organizations
The military
Teachers and educators
Businesses
Grid Computing Applications

One of the most tantalizing applications of radio


astronomy is the observation of radio signals as
part of Searches for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence
(SETI).
The vast amount of computing capacity required
for SETI radio signal processing has led to a unique
grid computing concept that has now been
expanded to many applications.
Grid architecture

 Fabric layer: Provides the resources to which shared access


is mediated by Grid protocols.
 Connectivity layer: Defines the core communication and
authentication protocols required for grid-specific network
functions.
 Resource layer: Defines protocols, APIs, and SDKs for
secure negotiations, initiation, monitoring control, accounting
and payment of sharing operations on individual resources.
 Collective Layer: Contains protocols and services that
capture interactions among a collection of resources.
 Application Layer: These are user applications that operate
within VO environment.
TYPES OF GRID

• Computational Grid
• Scavenging Grid
• Data Grid
Computational Grid

• A computational grid is focused on setting


aside resources specifically for
computing power.
• In this type of grid, most of the machines
are high-performance servers.
Scavenging Grid

 A scavenging grid is most commonly used with large


numbers of desktop machines.
 Machines are scavenged for available CPU cycles and
other resources.
 Owners of the desktop machines are usually given
control over when their resources are available to
participate in the grid.
Data Grid

 A data grid is responsible for housing and


providing access to data across multiple
organizations.
 Users are not concerned with where this data is
located as long as they have access to the data.
Advantages

Increased user productivity: By providing


transparent access to resources, work can be
completed more quickly.
Scalability: Grids can grow seamlessly over time,
allowing many thousands of processors to be
integrated into one cluster.
Flexibility: Grid computing provides computing
power where it is needed most, helping
to better meet dynamically changing work loads.
Disadvantages

1) for memory hungry applications that can't take advantage


of MPI you may be forced to run on a large SMP.
2) you may need to have a fast interconnect between
compute resources (gigabit ethernet at a minimum).
Infobahn for MPI intense applications.

3) some applications may need to be tweaked to take full


advantage of the new model.
Disadvantages…

4) Licensing across many servers may make it


prohibitive for some apps. Vendors are starting to
be more flexible with environment like this.

Areas that already are taking good advantage of


grid computing include bioinformatics,
cheminformatics, and oil & drilling, and financial
applications.
CONCLUSION

Grid computing introduces a new concept to IT


infrastructures because it supports distributed
computing over a network of heterogeneous
resources and is enabled by open standards.
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