Front cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Acknowledgements -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Part 1 Fundamentals -- Chapter 1. Grid computing -- 1.1 What grid computing can do -- 1.1.1 Exploiting underutilized resources -- 1.1.2 Parallel CPU capacity -- 1.1.3 Applications -- 1.1.4 Virtual resources and virtual organizations for collaboration -- 1.1.5 Access to additional resources -- 1.1.6 Resource balancing -- 1.1.7 Reliability -- 1.1.8 Management -- 1.2 Grid concepts and components -- 1.2.1 Types of resources -- 1.2.2 Jobs and applications -- 1.2.3 Scheduling, reservation, and scavenging -- 1.2.4 Intragrid to intergrid -- 1.3 Grid construction -- 1.3.1 Deployment planning -- 1.3.2 Grid software components -- 1.4 Using a grid: A user's perspective -- 1.4.1 Enrolling and installing grid software -- 1.4.2 Logging onto the grid -- 1.4.3 Queries and submitting jobs -- 1.4.4 Data configuration -- 1.4.5 Monitoring progress and recovery -- 1.4.6 Reserving resources -- 1.5 Using a grid: An administrator's perspective -- 1.5.1 Planning -- 1.5.2 Installation -- 1.5.3 Managing enrollment of donors and users -- 1.5.4 Certificate authority -- 1.5.5 Resource management -- 1.5.6 Data sharing -- 1.6 Using a grid: An application developer's perspective -- 1.7 The present and the future -- 1.8 What the grid cannot do -- Part 2 Architecture -- Chapter 2. Application considerations -- 2.1 Application considerations -- 2.1.1 CPU considerations -- 2.1.2 Data considerations -- Chapter 3. Security -- 3.1 Introduction to grid security -- 3.1.1 Security fundamentals -- 3.1.2 Important grid security terms -- 3.1.3 Symmetric key encryption -- 3.1.4 Asymmetric key encryption -- 3.1.5 The Certificate Authority -- 3.1.6 Digital certificates -- 3.2 Grid security infrastructure.

3.2.1 Getting access to the grid -- 3.2.2 Grid security communication -- 3.2.3 Grid security step-by-step -- 3.3 Grid infrastructure security -- 3.3.1 Physical security -- 3.3.2 Operating system security -- 3.3.3 Grid and firewalls -- 3.3.4 Host intrusion detection -- 3.4 Grid security policies and procedures -- 3.4.1 Certificate Authority -- 3.4.2 Security controls review -- 3.5 Potential security risks -- 3.5.1 PKI vulnerabilities -- 3.5.2 Grid server vulnerabilities -- Chapter 4. Design -- 4.1 Building a grid architecture -- 4.1.1 Solution objectives -- 4.2 Grid architecture models -- 4.2.1 Computational grid -- 4.2.2 Data grid -- 4.3 Grid topologies -- 4.3.1 Intragrid -- 4.3.2 Extragrid -- 4.3.3 Intergrid -- 4.3.4 E-utilities -- 4.4 Phases and activities -- 4.4.1 Basic methodology -- 4.4.2 Recommended steps -- 4.5 A conceptual architecture -- 4.5.1 Infrastructure -- 4.5.2 Conceptual components -- Part 3 Products -- Chapter 5. Grid software -- 5.1 Grid computing products overview -- 5.2 IBM Grid Toolbox (Globus) -- 5.3 Avaki -- 5.4 DataSynapse -- 5.5 Entropia -- 5.6 Platform Computing -- 5.7 United Devices -- Chapter 6. Additional components -- 6.1 Schedulers -- 6.1.1 Condor -- 6.1.2 LoadLeveler -- 6.1.3 PBS -- 6.2 Data sharing -- 6.2.1 Federated databases -- 6.2.2 Distributed file systems -- 6.3 Security -- 6.4 Directory service -- 6.5 License management -- 6.6 Development tools -- Part 4 Globus Toolkit -- Chapter 7. Components -- 7.1 Three pyramids -- 7.1.1 Open standards -- 7.2 Components of Globus Toolkit -- 7.2.1 Grid Security Infrastructure (GSI) -- 7.2.2 Grid Resource Allocation Manager (GRAM) -- 7.2.3 Monitoring and Discovery Service (MDS) -- 7.2.4 GridFTP -- 7.2.5 API and software developer's kit -- Chapter 8. Installation and setup -- 8.1 How to obtain Globus Toolkit -- 8.2 Bundles and Grid Packaging Technology (GPT).

8.2.1 Source bundles -- 8.2.2 Binary bundles -- 8.2.3 Additional bundles -- 8.3 Grid environment -- 8.4 Installation -- 8.4.1 Installation of GPT -- 8.4.2 Installation of bundles -- 8.4.3 Uninstallation -- 8.5 Setting up the grid environment -- 8.5.1 Certificate Authority setup -- 8.5.2 Services setup -- 8.5.3 Adding a new grid server -- 8.6 Additional configurations -- 8.6.1 GRAM -- 8.6.2 MDS -- 8.7 Client interface -- 8.7.1 Client interface for GRAM -- 8.7.2 Client interface for MDS (GRIS and GIIS) -- 8.7.3 Client interfaces for GridFTP -- Chapter 9. Demo: Grid setup -- 9.1 Required software -- 9.2 Setting up the environment -- 9.2.1 Naming and addressing planning -- 9.2.2 Install Linux -- 9.2.3 Installing Network Time Protocol (NTP) -- 9.2.4 Set up other global items on each machine -- 9.2.5 Installing the GPT -- 9.2.6 Installing a Globus server bundle -- 9.2.7 Installing a Globus client bundle -- 9.2.8 Installing the Globus Simple Certificate Authority -- 9.2.9 Requesting and signing gatekeeper certificates for servers -- 9.2.10 Requesting and signing user certificates -- 9.2.11 Setting up the gatekeepers -- 9.3 Setting up MDS -- 9.3.1 Setting up the GIIS and GRIS on the alpha machine -- 9.3.2 Setting up the GRIS on beta, gamma, and delta -- 9.3.3 Start the MDS on all of the servers -- 9.3.4 Setting up the MDS client zeta -- 9.3.5 Setting up a secure MDS -- 9.4 Checking the installation -- Chapter 10. Demo: Application -- 10.1 Video conversion application overview -- 10.2 Pre-installation -- 10.3 Installation -- 10.3.1 Install Globus Toolkit -- 10.3.2 Install capture software -- 10.3.3 Test capture machine -- 10.3.4 Install video conversion packages -- 10.3.5 Install VideoCD creation software -- 10.4 Setup -- 10.4.1 Video capture setup -- 10.4.2 Video conversion setup -- 10.4.3 VideoCD creation setup -- 10.4.4 Main script setup -- 10.5 Operation.

10.6 Improvements -- Part 5 Examples -- Chapter 11. Grid examples -- 11.1 Five examples -- 11.2 Digital cancer imaging -- 11.2.1 Needs -- 11.2.2 Solution -- 11.3 Spreadsheet -- 11.3.1 Needs -- 11.3.2 Solution -- 11.4 ZetaGrid -- 11.4.1 Needs -- 11.4.2 Solution -- 11.5 Simulation -- 11.5.1 Needs -- 11.5.2 Solution -- 11.6 Entertainment -- 11.6.1 Needs -- 11.6.2 Solution -- Part 6 OGSA -- Chapter 12. Open Grid Services Architecture -- 12.1 Overview and directions -- 12.2 Motivations for OGSA -- 12.2.1 Today's focus -- 12.3 Basis for OGSA -- 12.3.1 The Globus Toolkit -- 12.3.2 Web Services -- 12.3.3 Grid security -- 12.4 OGSA in detail -- 12.4.1 Needs in a grid process -- 12.4.2 Conclusions -- Part 7 Appendixes -- Glossary -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other resources -- Referenced Web sites -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- IBM Redbooks collections -- Index -- Back cover.