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RE: Grid

From: Ruth Gramolini <rgramolini_at_tax.state.vt.us>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 11:39:44 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005CD11F.20030825113944@fatcity.com>


But it sounds so cool! And cool is Ellison's raison d'etre.

Ruth

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ml-errors_at_fatcity.com [mailto:ml-errors_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of
> Henry Poras
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 2:10 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Grid
>
>
> While I was cleaning up the other day, I noticed a magazine
> sticking out of
> the middle (sadly, closer to the top) of my still-to-be-read
> list. The cover
> story of Physics Today (Feb. 2002) is "The Power of Grid
> Computing". It is a
> pretty good review article on the subject. If anyone is
> interested, the URL
> is http://www.aip.org/pt/vol-55/iss-2/p42.html
>
> The major point seems to be that the grid is simply just a way to share
> distributed resources. However, utilizing these resources needs an
> infrastructure in place. It "requires uniform mechanisms for such critical
> tasks as creating and managing services on remote computers, supporting
> single sign-on to distributed resources, transferring large
> datasets at high
> speeds, forming large distributed virtual communities, and maintaining
> information about the existence, state, and usage policies of community
> resources...Providing the infrastructure and tools that make large-scale,
> secure resource sharing possible and straight-forward is the Grid's raison
> d'etre."
>
> In addition, this means that computing resources can be parcelled
> out like a
> utility. If you need extra CPU, buy it and use it from your
> utility when you
> need it. You don't need to own the hardware for your peak load. It also
> becomes easier to share data and applications between colleagues at
> different locations.
>
> I can see how databases are part of this picture, but I am not sure how
> Oracle will try and place itself at the center of this trend (unless they
> mangle the concept of Grid in the process).
>
> Henry
>
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