Once again, I met up with my group to go over our project for class. We turned in a deliverable already and are hoping to get some good feedback before the due date.
Beyond that, I have finished my term paper on grid computing. I will link it here when I get it on the web. Because I can, I will display the intro to it below.
2. Introduction
In the early 90’s the term ‘Computational Grid’, a type of distributed computing, was popularized by Ian Foster and Carl Kesselmans in their paper "The Grid: Blueprint for a new computing infrastructure". The term was used as a metaphor comparing distributed computing to the electric power grid of the early 1900’s 1. Distributed Computing, and in some cases grid computing, utilizes a computer network to interface a group or cluster of computers allowing them to work together to accomplish a set of computationally intensive instructions. A cluster of computers working in a grid are able to accomplish a similar workload to that of a super computer, but without the expense. This technology was popularized in the late 90’s by distributed.net and again in 1999 by SETI@home to harness the power of networked PCs worldwide. Since its popularization, distributed computing has become so powerful its systems can be so powerful they rival the fastest supercomputers and access to these systems can be obtained for a comparatively small investment. Currently a few of the areas utilizing virtual supercomputers for data analysis are molecular modeling, brain activity analysis, and high energy physics.
So yeah, I am done for the weekend. Have a good one everyone.