Fig. 1. Sources integration
Main Sector of relevance\IRC classification 5. Electronics, IT and Telecommunication
5.5 Technology and infrastructure of resource allocation to users in Grid- environment
Developers’ contact information
State Scientific Institution “The United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus”
6 Surganova Str., 220012 Minsk
Summary
Grid is a new technology broadening possibilities of current Internet which allows not only file exchange but computer resource as well (processor time, disk space), to provide assess to particular equipment. Basis of the Grid technology is unification of resources by creation new type computer infrastructure providing global integration of informative and computing resources on the basis of networking technology and customized software of intermediate level (between basis and application software) and standard services to provide reliable shared access to geographically distributed informative and computing resources (single computers, clusters, information storages and networks).
Description
Grid-technology development was specified by the follow
conditions:
– need to resolvemplex scientific, industrial, engineering and business
problems;
– rash development of transport medium network and technology of high speed
data transfer;
– computing power availability in many organizations (supercomputer or, more
usually, personal computer arranged as clusters).
Main directions of Grid-infrastructure use:
- effective use regulation of resource for small task, with utilization of
computer resource which are temporary not in use;
- distributed computing, extra large tasks solutions which require huge
processor storage budgets, memory, etc.;
- calculation involving large volume of geographically dispersed data, for
example, in meteorology, astronomy, high-energy physics;
- workgroup computing with simultaneous participation of users from different
organization.
Grid-infrastructure provides organization, maintenance and performance of the
following tasks:
1. Link organization in different modes;
2. Information service providing delivery of information on the status of Grid-
infrastructure itself;
3. Infrastructure flexibility;
4. Safety;
5. Resource management;
Use of the Grid-infrastructure provides integrate sources, storages and data
sources (Fig. 1).
Technology type
Technical advantages and economic benefits
Development and implementation of Grid-systems has strategic
character. In the near-term prospect, the technology will enable crucially new
computing device for high technology development in various spheres of human
activity.
Use of Grid-technology can provide new approach to processing of huge volume
experimental data, to provide modeling of the most difficult processes,
visualization of large samples of date, complicated computer-intensive business
application.
Integration technology of computer and storage resources are used to aggregate
large volume of resources for cooperative and as a result economical use:
– possibility to provide large scale and prompt service of a wide range of
users;
– reliability, since with the help of virtualization mechanism data
replication and use of alternative resources may be performed.
Technology differentiation and uniqueness
1.To reduce decision-making time essentially in the course of
analysis of financial and insurance risks.
2 To use computing resources available at the enterprise more effectively for
modeling in pharmaceutics, biology, machinery- and aircraft industry.
3.To avoid extra charges on expensive equipment for weather forecasting and
climate modeling.
4.To effectively manage computer park of geographically distributed
subdivision.
5.To decrease production time
Context in which technology was identified
At the present time the technology is used to connect resources to European Grid-net and resources use in Belarusian-Russian “SKIF-Polygon.
Technological keywords
Grid, single resource, intermediate level software.
Development Stage
Intellectual property rights
Range of applications
Science, industry (machinery-, instrument-, aircraft industry, virtual tests), medicine (genetics and bio-informatics, pharmaceutics, oncology etc.).
Classifier Used at the EU Innovation Relay Centres
Preferable Regions
Practical experience
At the moment the technology is used to connect resources to European Grid-net and resources use in Belarusian-Russian “SKIF-Polygon”.
Environmental impact
None.
Type of collaboration sought
Terms and restrictions
On contractual basis. Development of telecommunication infrastructure, hardware support at the technology consumer’s expense.
Available technical assistance