On the use of virtualization and service technologies to enable grid-computing

  • Authors:

  • Andréa Matsunaga;Maurício Tsugawa;Ming Zhao;Liping Zhu;Vivekananthan Sanjeepan;Sumalatha Adabala;Renato Figueiredo;Herman Lam;José A. B. Fortes

  • Affiliations:

  • Advanced Computing and Information Systems Laboratory (ACIS), Dep. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL;Advanced Computing and Information Systems Laboratory (ACIS), Dep. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL;Advanced Computing and Information Systems Laboratory (ACIS), Dep. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL;Advanced Computing and Information Systems Laboratory (ACIS), Dep. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL;Advanced Computing and Information Systems Laboratory (ACIS), Dep. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL;Advanced Computing and Information Systems Laboratory (ACIS), Dep. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL;Advanced Computing and Information Systems Laboratory (ACIS), Dep. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL;Advanced Computing and Information Systems Laboratory (ACIS), Dep. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL;Advanced Computing and Information Systems Laboratory (ACIS), Dep. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

  • Venue:
  • Euro-Par'05 Proceedings of the 11th international Euro-Par conference on Parallel Processing
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

The In-VIGO approach to Grid-computing relies on the dynamic establishment of virtual grids on which application services are instantiated. In-VIGO was conceived to enable computational science to take place In Virtual Information Grid Organizations. Having its first version deployed on July of 2003, In-VIGO middleware is currently used by scientists from various disciplines, a noteworthy example being the computational nanoelectronics research community (http://www.nanohub.org). All components of an In-VIGO-generated virtual grid – machines, networks, applications and data – are themselves virtual and services are provided for their dynamic creation. This article reviews the In-VIGO approach to Grid-computing and overviews the associated middleware techniques and architectures for virtualizing Grid components, using services for creation of virtual grids and automatically Grid-enabling unmodified applications. The In-VIGO approach to the implementation of virtual networks and virtual application services are discussed as examples of Grid-motivated approaches to resource virtualization and Web-service creation.