From Grid Middleware to Grid Applications
- This paper deals with the problem of application programming for grid systems that combine heterogeneous data and computational resources via the Internet. We argue that grid programming is still too complex because of the big gap between the currently used and anticipated grid middleware, (e.g., Globus or WSRF) and the application level. We suggest that this gap needs to be closed in future-generation grids and propose a novel approach to bridging the gap by using Higher-Order Components (HOCs) — recurring patterns of parallel behaviour that are provided to the user as program building blocks with pre-packaged implementation and middleware setup. The presentation is illustrated with a simple case study of computing fractal images. Our experiments demonstrate that HOCs can simplify grid application programming significantly, without serious performance loss.
Author: | Sergei GorlatchORCiDGND, Jan DünnweberORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-29445-2_13 |
ISBN: | 978-0-387-27935-0 |
Parent Title (English): | Future Generation Grids |
Subtitle (English): | Bridging the Gap with HOCs |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Place of publication: | Berlin |
Editor: | Vladimir Getov, Domenico Laforenza, Alexander Reinefeld |
Document Type: | Part of a Book |
Language: | English |
Year of first Publication: | 2005 |
Release Date: | 2021/11/10 |
Tag: | Globus toolkit; Grid services; components; mobile code |
First Page: | 241 |
Last Page: | 261 |
Institutes: | Fakultät Informatik und Mathematik |
Fakultät Informatik und Mathematik / Labor Parallele und Verteilte Systeme | |
Publication: | Externe Publikationen |
research focus: | Digitalisierung |