Level: elementary
Edna nerona (edna@legacystudios.biz), Consultant, uniserve Communications Corporation
January 09, 2007
This read list is designed for new users, programmers, and administrators to learn more about the grid computing community through the seminars, conferences, and other valuable resources listed in it.
Overview
The term "Grid Computing" was created at the end of 1990s and defines a new type of open-standard distributed computing mode and infrastructure. Imagine the power grid. Power stations are connected to each other to achieve power sharing and optimization. In the event of a fault or natural disaster, the power of one State can be sent to customers in another State.
Let's extend this concept:Grid computingIt is a new field. Unlike traditional distributed computing, it focuses on enabling applications to benefit from sharing high-throughput and high-performance resources, data and storage, visualization systems, and tools.
The following are two resources that provide a very valuable overview of the concepts and ideas of grid computing:
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"Introduction to Grid Computing"
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This IBM Redbook provides an overview of grid computing concepts, standards, and ways to leverage grid computing.
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"Fundamentals of grid computing"
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Although this article was published a few years ago, it provides a good overview of the concept and architecture of grid computing.
News
To closely track grid-related news, subscribe to the following email list or RSS feed:
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Gridtoday
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Global news, information, and event resources related to grids and service-oriented it.
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International Science Grid this week
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This weekly book introduces news and information about grid computing projects and collaboration, as well as scientific research using grid computing technology.
Blog
The following is a list of grid computing projects, leaders, and developer blogs. Through these blogs, we have the opportunity to contact professional developers and some new users who provide first-hand information about the grid world. Most of these blogs are new, but they can still provide useful information. These blogs provide excellent support and insights for some leading projects and figures in grid computing.
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Grid Meter
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Greg nawrocki is the chairman of globus consortium. His blog on InfoWorld provides comments and Industry discussions on some exciting grid projects, as well as educational resources that help enterprise IT professionals understand this thriving technology.
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CI topics blog
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Dan Atkins, Director of Office of cyberinfrastructure (CI) National Science Foundation, shares CI news and resources with you.
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Ian Foster's blog
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Ian Foster is a pioneer in grid. He is the leader in grid middleware and has been engaged in the development of globus toolkit. He provides many in-depth insights and ideas on his blog.
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Teragrid Whiteboard
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Charlie catlett, director of the National Science Foundation teragrid project, shared his ideas and updates to the teragrid project.
Other resources
There are many opportunities on the Internet to observe the latest research innovations and learn various development technologies through some organizations and seminars.
Organization
Some organizations provide access to a variety of resources, including (but not limited to) event calendars, white papers, case studies, demos, and web broadcasts.
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Opengridforum
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Opengridforum (ogf), formerly known as Global Grid Forum, is a community that guides global adoption of grid computing by users, developers, and vendors. This Forum contains thousands of individuals engaged in related industries and research, and more than 400 organizations from more than 50 countries.
Seminar
It is very helpful to attend the seminar to learn about the ongoing changes in the field of grid computing. The seminar also created an opportunity to submit papers, research results, and present your work results.
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The International Conference for High Performance Computing, networking, storage, and analysis
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This seminar explores the benefits of high-performance computing, networking, storage and analysis for research, education, and commerce. Many people regard this seminar as one of the top-level seminars that should not be missed. In addition, the seminar also provides technical tracking and various courses.
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Gridworld
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At the center of this international gridworld seminar, grid computing brings business advantages to IT professionals. For more information about the 2007 seminar, see here.
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Challenges of large applications in Distributed Environments
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This seminar aims to solve complex problems in large-scale distributed computing applications and promote the development of innovative applications that can effectively use distributed resources. You can learn more about the 2007 seminar.
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IEEE International Parallel & distributed processing Symposium
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IPDPs brings together world-wide computer experts to share their latest research findings in the field of parallel computing.
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IEEE International Symposium on High-Performance Distributed Computing
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In this seminar, researchers will present new ideas, technical insights, and the future development of high-performance applications.
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IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the grid
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This seminar covers various challenges posed by the convergence of Web Services and grid technologies.
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Teragrid Conference
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Teragrid conference is intended for those who are interested in developing and using the computer infrastructure on teragrid. The workshop provides breakout reports and lectures that are useful for learning how to run and develop on teragrid. The next teragrid seminar will be held in Wisconsin From 20 to June 4-7, 2007.
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Enabling grids for e-science
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Bringing together experts from more than 27 countries, EGEE conference focuses on building an EGEE grid on the EU research network. These seminars often attract a large number of experts from the International grid community. You can't miss it because you have collected many experts and a variety of programs. The 6th EGEE Conference EGEE 07 will be held in the Europe Congress Center (ECC) in Budapest on October 1-5, 2007.
Books
This section describes some advanced/low-level practical books that are useful for learning common grid concepts and developing grids.
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Grid computing: The Savvy manager's Guide
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This book will guide readers to understand the basic knowledge of grid computing and explain the commercial benefits of grid technology. The author also elaborated some practical examples to explore the advantages and challenges of grid computing.
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The grid: blueprint for a new computing infrastructure
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This book was published in 1998. It proposed the idea of the grid and how the grid allows users to share computing power. In addition to programming tools, we also introduced services and infrastructure. In this book, more than 30 high-speed computing experts talked about the benefits of grid for science, politics, and commerce.
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The Grid 2: blueprint for a new computing infrastructure
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This book provides the latest updates to the grid and its challenges. It describes the hardware, software, and applications required for successful mesh creation. The editor also introduced how to persuade consumers, scholars, and business people to use grids in their work environments.
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Grid computing: making the global infrastructure a reality
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Readers can learn from this book the pioneers and main projects that influence emerging global grid technologies.
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Grid computing for developers
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This book is suitable for computer researchers, graduate students, and IT experts who want to expand their grid computing skills. The author Vladimir Silva often writes articles for developerworks. In this book, he also explores the development of grid computing.
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Globus Toolkit 4: programming Java services
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This book provides useful information for new users or senior developers Based on the online tutorial "The Globus Toolkit 4 programmer's tutorial.
Tools
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IBM developerworks downloads and products
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There are a large number of open-source software tools that require license. In addition to helping you access, process, and store data in different resources, you can also effectively manage workload distribution and job scheduling.
Source: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cn/grid/gr-read/index.html? S_tact = 105agx52 & s_cmp = techcsdn
