Grid Computing Towards a Global Interconnected Infrastructure
Grid computing provides a mechanism for integrating, coordinating, and sharing heterogeneous computer resources. This continually evolving field now aims to completely disaggregate current computer platforms and distribute them across a network as r
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Grid Computing Towards a Global Interconnected Infrastructure
Editor Nikolaos P. Preve School of Electrical and Computer Eng. Iroon Polytechniou str. 9 National Technical University of Athens 157 80 Athens Greece [email protected] Series Editor A.J. Sammes Centre for Forensic Computing Cranfield University, DCMT, Shrivenham Swindon SN6 8LA UK
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Preface
Grid Computing was a vision of using and sharing computers and data in the early 1990s. The integration, coordination, and sharing of computer resources which are geographically disperse among different physical domains and organizations became an every day reality. This emerging infrastructure aims to provide a mechanism for sharing and coordinating the use of heterogeneous computing resources. The term “Grid” is used as an analogy with the electric power grid, which provides pervasive access to electricity. Grid Computing has its roots in e-Science and has evolved from parallel, distributed, and high-performance computing. Grid Comput
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