ALSO CALLED: Computational Grids, Cluster Computing, and Grid Control DEFINITION: Grid computing (or the use of a computational grid) is applying the resources of many computers in a network to a single problem at the same time - usually to a scientific or technical problem that requires a great number of computer processing cycles or access to large amounts of data. A well-known
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WHITE PAPER: Posted: 07 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
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Utility computing is all about enabling system resources, including the grid, server farm, and clustering, to be acquired for different types of applications.
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This document discusses grid computing, Oracle's definition of it, the elements that comprise an Oracle Enterprise Grid Computing environment, and Oracle Grid on Windows.
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 13 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2007
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The IBM Information Server platform is a revolutionary new software platform that helps organizations derive more value from the complex, heterogeneous information spread across their systems.
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 16 Jan 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2007
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Sun's Reference Architecture for Oracle 11g Grid is a portfolio of Sun and third-party products designed to reduce the risks, uncertainty, and costs associated with implementing an Oracle database.
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 31 Aug 2007 | Published: 01 Oct 2006
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Intel has begun building a virtualized compute infrastructure (VCI) similar to proof of concept (PoC) to improve agility; this infrastructure will virtualize compute power and distribute it across the production environment according to specific needs.
GRID COMPUTING DEFINITION (continued): … example of grid computing in the public domain is the ongoing SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @Home project in which thousands of people are sharing the unused processor cycles of their PCs in the vast search for signs of "rational" signals from outer space. According to John Patrick, IBM's vice-president for Internet strategies, "the next big thing will be grid computing."
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