A Networking Approach to Grid Computing - Hardcover

Minoli, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471687561 ISBN 13: 9780471687566

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience, 2004

Synopsis

• Explores practical advantages of Grid Computing and what is needed by an organization to migrate to this new computing paradigm
• This self-contained reference makes both the concepts and applications of grid computing clear and understandable to even non-technical managers
• Explains the underlying networking mechanism and answers such questions critical to the business enterprise as
  • "What is grid computing?"
  • "How widespread is its present/potential penetration?"
  • "Is it ready for prime time?"
  • "Are there firm standards?"
  • "Is it secure?"
  • "How do we bill this new product?" and
  • "How can we deploy it (at a macro level)?"

About this title

About the Author

DANIEL MINOLI has many years of IT, telecom, and networking experience for end users and carriers including work at AIG, ARPA think tanks, Bell Telephone Laboratories, ITT, Prudential Securities, Bell Communications Research (Bellcore/Telcordia), AT&T, Gartner/DataPro, and high-tech incubator Leading Edge Networks Inc. He is the author of several books on Information Technology, telecommunications, and data communications, and has taught at New York University, Rutgers University, Stevens Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, and Monmouth University.

From the Back Cover

Successfully migrate to a grid computing system

Grid computing is a virtual distributed computing environment in which an organization can transparently integrate, streamline, and share dispersed groups of hosts, servers, storage systems, data, and networks into one synergistic system. Long used to solve large-scale problems in science and engineering, grid computing is now beginning to offer significant efficiencies and savings to the commercial world, including financial services operations.

A Networking Approach to Grid Computing explores the practical advantages of grid computing and explains what is needed in order to migrate successfully to this new computing paradigm and exploit the business opportunities afforded by grid computing.

This book offers the knowledge and skills needed to architect and deploy a grid computing environment that contributes directly to key business goals, including:

• The benefits of grid computing and the status of the technology
• Standards supporting grid computing including OGSI and OGSA
• Deployment and management of computing grids
• The economics of grid systems
• Communication systems for local, national, and global grids

Familiarizing readers with the services, reference architectures, storage, and software necessary for successful implementation of a grid system, A Networking Approach to Grid Computing shows how to set up an organization's grid environment faster, easier, and at a lower cost than its competitors.

Grid computing is a virtual distributed computing environment in which an organization can transparently integrate, streamline, and share dispersed groups of hosts, servers, storage systems, data, and networks into one synergistic system. Long used to solve large-scale problems in science and engineering, grid computing is now beginning to offer significant efficiencies and savings to the commercial world, including financial services operations.

A Networking Approach to Grid Computing explores the practical advantages of grid computing and explains what is needed in order to migrate successfully to this new computing paradigm and exploit the business opportunities afforded by grid computing.

This book offers the knowledge and skills needed to architect and deploy a grid computing environment that contributes directly to key business goals, including:

• The benefits of grid computing and the status of the technology
• Standards supporting grid computing including OGSI and OGSA
• Deployment and management of computing grids
• The economics of grid systems
• Communication systems for local, national, and global grids

Familiarizing readers with the services, reference architectures, storage, and software necessary for successful implementation of a grid system, A Networking Approach to Grid Computing shows how to set up an organization's grid environment faster, easier, and at a lower cost than its competitors.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471687561
• ISBN 13: 9780471687566
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400