Introduction to
Grid Computing
and the Globus Toolkit
The Globus Project
Argonne National Laboratory
USC Information Sciences Institute
http://www.globus.org
October 12, 2001
Intro to Grid Computing and Globus Toolkit
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Outline
Introduction to Grid Computing
Some Definitions
Grid Architecture
The Programming Problem
The Globus Toolkit
Introduction, Security, Resource Management, Information Services, Data Management
Related work
Futures and Conclusions
October 12, 2001
Intro to Grid Computing and Globus Toolkit
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The Grid Problem
Flexible, secure, coordinated resource sharing among dynamic collections of individuals, institutions, and resource
From "The Anatomy of the Grid: Enabling Scalable Virtual Organizations"
Enable communities ("virtual organizations") to share geographically distributed resources as they pursue common goals -- assuming the absence of…
central location,
central control,
omniscience,
existing trust relationships.
October 12, 2001
Intro to Grid Computing and Globus Toolkit
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Elements of the Problem
Resource sharing
Computers, storage, sensors, networks, …
Sharing always conditional: issues of trust, policy, negotiation, payment, …
Coordinated problem solving
Beyond client-server: distributed data analysis, computation, collaboration, …
Dynamic, multi-institutional virtual orgs
Community overlays on classic org structures

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