Perspectives on grid computing
Uwe Schwiegelshohn
(1)
,
Rosa Badia
(2)
,
Marian Bubak
(3)
,
Marco Danelutto
(4)
,
Schahram Dustdar
(5)
,
Fabrizio Gagliardi
(6)
,
Alfred Geiger
(7)
,
Ladislav Hluchy
(8)
,
Dieter Kranzlmüller
(9)
,
Erwin Laure
(10)
,
Thierry Priol
(11)
,
Alexander Reinefeld
(12)
,
Michael Resch
(13)
,
Andreas Reuter
(14, 15)
,
Otto Rienhoff
(16)
,
Thomas Rüter
(17)
,
Peter Sloot
(18)
,
Domenico Talia
(19)
,
Klaus Ullmann
(20)
,
Ramin Yahyapour
(21)
,
Gabriele von Voigt
(22)
1
TU -
Technische Universität Dortmund [Dortmund]
2 BSC - CNS - Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputacion
3 AGH UST - AGH University of Science and Technology [Krakow, PL]
4 Department of Computer Science [Pisa]
5 TU Wien - Vienna University of Technology
6 Microsoft Research [Redmond]
7 T-Systems International GmbH
8 Institute of Informatics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
9 LMU - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
10 KTH - KTH Royal Institute of Technology [Stockholm]
11 MYRIADS - Design and Implementation of Autonomous Distributed Systems
12 ZIB - Zuse Institute Berlin
13 HLRS - High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart [Stuttgart]
14 EML Research [Heidelberg]
15 Kaiserslautern University of Technology
16 Georg-August-University = Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
17 IBM Germany
18 Informatics Institute [Amsterdam]
19 DEIS - Dipartimento di Elettronica Informatica e Sistemistica [Rende]
20 DFN
21 Faculty of Computer Science [Dortmund]
22 RRZN - Regionales Rechenzentrum für Niedersachsen [Hannover]
2 BSC - CNS - Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputacion
3 AGH UST - AGH University of Science and Technology [Krakow, PL]
4 Department of Computer Science [Pisa]
5 TU Wien - Vienna University of Technology
6 Microsoft Research [Redmond]
7 T-Systems International GmbH
8 Institute of Informatics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
9 LMU - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
10 KTH - KTH Royal Institute of Technology [Stockholm]
11 MYRIADS - Design and Implementation of Autonomous Distributed Systems
12 ZIB - Zuse Institute Berlin
13 HLRS - High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart [Stuttgart]
14 EML Research [Heidelberg]
15 Kaiserslautern University of Technology
16 Georg-August-University = Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
17 IBM Germany
18 Informatics Institute [Amsterdam]
19 DEIS - Dipartimento di Elettronica Informatica e Sistemistica [Rende]
20 DFN
21 Faculty of Computer Science [Dortmund]
22 RRZN - Regionales Rechenzentrum für Niedersachsen [Hannover]
Abstract
Grid computing has been the subject of many large national and international IT projects. However, not all goals of these projects have been achieved. In particular, the number of users lags behind the initial forecasts laid out by proponents of grid technologies. This underachievement may have led to claims that the grid concept as a whole is on its way to being replaced by Cloud computing and various X-as-a-Service approaches. In this paper, we try to analyze the current situation and to identify promising directions for future grid development. Although there are shortcomings in current grid systems, we are convinced that the concept as a whole remains valid and can benefit from new developments, including Cloud computing. Furthermore, we strongly believe that some future applications will require the grid approach and that, as a result, further research is required in order to turn this concept into reliable, efficient and user-friendly computing platforms.