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Book
April J. Wells · 2008
A comprehensive technical guide to designing and implementing grid application systems, covering computational grids, security, hardware, metadata, virtualization, and programming paradigms from foundational concepts through practical applications.
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What this book knows
Grid computing reshapes distributed systems design by coordinating shared computational resources across heterogeneous networks with security and scheduling rigor.
work-as-meaning
Many resources will be made commercially available much in the same way that electricity, water, phone service, and natural gas are currently available to the public.
GAS-RC-051Grid computing put to work all the available CPUs at idle workstations, while virtually doing away with the need for powerful servers and supercomputers.
GAS-RC-061The Grid lets scientists create tests that had not been practical or possible before the Grid.
GASD-RC-065mind-and-cognition
Structured programming is often associated with a top-down approach to design, wherein programmers map out the larger structure in terms of smaller operations.
GAS-RC-018This book has more to do with how the programming is used and the ideas behind how to make the programs behave efficiently in the Grid environment.
GASD-RC-035ambition-and-status
Without open standards, the Grid would be both unpractical and nearly impossible; broad-based acceptance allows infrastructure to more easily absorb new technical innovations.
GASD-RC-153Illuminates
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