Front cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Part 1 Introduction -- Chapter 1. Introduction to grid concepts -- 1.1 Beginning of the grid concept -- 1.1.1 Research and education on grid context -- 1.2 Applicability -- 1.2.1 Why use grids in research and education? -- 1.2.2 Leveraging research activities with grids -- 1.2.3 Leveraging educational activities with grids -- 1.3 What will the future bring? -- 1.3.1 What exists today -- 1.3.2 What is the potential for grids -- 1.3.3 What is likely to happen -- Chapter 2. How to implement a grid -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 The main difficulties -- 2.1.2 Approaches -- 2.2 Basic requirements -- 2.2.1 Hardware requirements -- 2.2.2 Software requirements -- 2.2.3 Human-resource requirements -- 2.3 Setting up grid environments -- 2.3.1 Defining the architecture -- 2.3.2 Hardware setup -- 2.3.3 Software setup -- 2.4 Setting up grid applications -- 2.4.1 Deploying an application -- 2.4.2 Making application data available -- 2.5 Maintaining grids -- 2.5.1 Grid platform administration tasks -- 2.5.2 Grid application administration tasks -- Part 2 Grid by examples -- Chapter 3. Introducing the examples -- 3.1 What you will find in these chapters -- Chapter 4. Scientific simulation -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Business context -- 4.1.2 Business needs -- 4.2 Case analysis -- 4.2.1 Requirements -- 4.2.2 Use-cases -- 4.3 Case design -- 4.3.1 Component model diagram -- 4.3.2 Component model description -- 4.3.3 Architectural decisions and product selection -- 4.4 Implementation -- 4.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Medical images -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 Business context -- 5.1.2 Business needs -- 5.2 Case analysis -- 5.2.1 Requirements -- 5.2.2 Use-cases -- 5.3 Case design.

5.3.1 Component model diagram -- 5.3.2 Component model description -- 5.3.3 Architectural decisions and product selection -- 5.4 Implementation -- 5.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Computer-Aided Drug Discovery -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.1.1 Business context -- 6.1.2 Business needs -- 6.2 Case analysis -- 6.2.1 Requirements -- 6.2.2 Use-cases -- 6.3 Case design -- 6.3.1 Component model diagram -- 6.3.2 Component model description -- 6.3.3 Architectural decisions and product selection -- 6.4 Implementation -- 6.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 7. Big Science -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.1.1 Business context -- 7.1.2 Business needs -- 7.2 Case analysis -- 7.2.1 Requirements -- 7.2.2 Use-cases -- 7.3 Case design -- 7.3.1 Component model diagram -- 7.3.2 Component model description -- 7.3.3 Architectural decisions and product selection -- 7.4 Implementation -- 7.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 8. e-Learning -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.1.1 Business context -- 8.1.2 Business needs -- 8.2 Case analysis -- 8.2.1 Requirements -- 8.2.2 Use-cases -- 8.3 Case design -- 8.3.1 Component model diagram -- 8.3.2 Component model description -- 8.3.3 Architectural decisions and product selection -- 8.4 Implementation -- 8.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 9. Visualization -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.1.1 Business context -- 9.1.2 Business needs -- 9.2 Case analysis -- 9.2.1 Requirements -- 9.2.2 Use-cases -- 9.3 Case design -- 9.3.1 Component model diagram -- 9.3.2 Component model description -- 9.3.3 Architectural decisions and product selection -- 9.4 Implementation -- 9.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 10. Microprocessor design -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.1.1 Business context -- 10.1.2 Business needs -- 10.2 Case analysis -- 10.2.1 Requirements -- 10.2.2 Use-cases -- 10.3 Case design -- 10.3.1 Component model diagram -- 10.3.2 Component model description -- 10.3.3 Architectural decisions and product selection.

10.4 Implementation -- 10.5 Conclusion -- Part 3 Appendixes -- Appendix A. TeraGrid -- Introduction -- Organization -- Beneficiaries -- How to join -- Appendix B. Research oriented grid -- Introduction -- Business requirements -- High level design -- Products used -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other publications -- Online resources -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- Help from IBM -- Index -- Back cover.