On using jini and JXTA in lightweight grids

  • Authors:
  • Kurt Vanmechelen;Jan Broeckhove

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium;Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

  • Venue:
  • EGC'05 Proceedings of the 2005 European conference on Advances in Grid Computing
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Many production level Grid systems deployed today are characterized by their focus on the integration of dedicated high-end systems and their high administration and maintenance costs. We make the case for lightweight Grid middleware as a prerequisite to harnessing general computing resources in order to achieve large scale computing. We outline the characteristics of the environment in which such a lightweight Grid operates and the ensuing middleware requirements. We analyze the possible contribution of two distributed frameworks, Jini and JXTA, in achieving these requirements.