A NETWORKING APPROACH TO GRID COMPUTING -- Contents -- About the Author -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 What Is Grid Computing And What Are The Key Issues? -- 1.2 Potential Applications and Financial Benefits of Grid Computing -- 1.3 Grid Types, Topologies, Components, and Layers-A Preliminary View -- 1.4 Comparison with Other Approaches -- 1.5 A First Look at Grid Computing Standards -- 1.6 A Pragmatic Course of Investigation -- 2 Grid Benefits and Status of Technology -- 2.1 Motivations for Considering Computational Grids -- 2.2 Brief History of Computing, Communications, and Grid Computing -- Communication -- Computation -- Grid Technology -- 2.3 Is Grid Computing Ready for Prime Time? -- 2.4 Early Suppliers and Vendors -- 2.5 Possible Economic Value -- 2.5.1 Possible Economic Value: One State's Positioning -- 2.5.2 Possible Economic Value: Extrapolation -- 2.6 Challenges -- 3 Components of Grid Computing Systems and Architectures -- 3.1 Overview -- 3.2 Basic Constituent Elements-A Functional View -- Portal/User Interface Function/Functional Block -- The Grid Security Infrastructure: User Security Function/Functional Block -- Node Security Function/Functional Block -- Broker Function/Functional Block and Directory -- Scheduler Function/Functional Block -- Data Management Function/Functional Block -- Job Management And Resource Management Function/Functional Block -- User/Application Submission Function/Functional Block -- Resources -- Protocols -- 3.3 Basic Constituent Elements-A Physical View -- Networks -- Computation -- Storage -- Scientific Instruments -- Software and licenses -- 3.4 Basic Constituent Elements-Service View -- 4 Standards Supporting Grid Computing: OGSI -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Motivations for Standardization -- 4.3 Architectural Constructs -- 4.3.1 Definitions -- 4.3.2 Protocol Perspective.

4.3.3 Going From "Art" To "Science" -- 4.4 What is OGSA/OGSI? A Practical View -- 4.5 OGSA/OGSI Service Elements and Layered Model -- 4.5.1 Key Aspects -- 4.5.2 Ancillary Aspects -- 4.5.3 Implementations of OGSI -- 4.6 What is OGSA/OGSI? A More Detailed View -- 4.6.1 Introduction -- 4.6.2 Setting the Context -- 4.6.3 The Grid Service -- 4.6.4 WSDL Extensions and Conventions -- 4.6.5 Service Data -- 4.6.6 Core Grid Service Properties -- 4.6.7 Other Details -- 4.7 A Possible Application of OGSA/OGSI to Next-Generation Open-Source Outsourcing -- 4.7.1 Opportunities -- 4.7.2 Outsourcing Trends -- 5 Standards Supporting Grid Computing: OGSA -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Functionality Requirements -- 5.2.1 Basic Functionality Requirements -- 5.2.2 Security Requirements -- 5.2.3 Resource Management Requirements -- 5.2.4 System Properties Requirements -- 5.2.5 Other Functionality Requirements -- 5.3 OGSA Service Taxonomy -- 5.3.1 Core Services -- 5.3.2 Data Services -- 5.3.3 Program Execution -- 5.3.4 Resource Management -- 5.4 Service Relationships -- 5.4.1 Service Composition -- 5.4.2 Service Orchestration -- 5.4.3 Types of Relationships -- 5.4.4 Platform Services -- 5.5 OGSA Services -- 5.5.1 Handle Resolution -- 5.5.2 Virtual Organization Creation and Management -- 5.5.3 Service Groups and Discovery Services -- 5.5.4 Choreography, Orchestrations and Workflow -- 5.5.5 Transactions -- 5.5.6 Metering Service -- 5.5.7 Rating Service -- 5.5.8 Accounting Service -- 5.5.9 Billing and Payment Service -- 5.5.10 Installation, Deployment, and Provisioning -- 5.5.11 Distributed Logging -- 5.5.12 Messaging and Queuing -- 5.5.13 Event -- 5.5.14 Policy and Agreements -- 5.5.15 Base Data Services -- 5.5.16 Other Data Services -- 5.5.17 Discovery Services -- 5.5.18 Job Agreement Service -- 5.5.19 Reservation Agreement Service -- 5.5.20 Data Access Agreement Service.

5.5.21 Queuing Service -- 5.5.22 Open Grid Services Infrastructure -- 5.5.23 Common Management Model -- 5.6 Security Considerations -- 5.7 Examples of OGSA Mechanisms in Support of VO Structures -- 6 Grid System Deployment Issues, Approaches, and Tools -- 6.1 Generic Implementations: Globus Toolkit -- 6.1.1 Globus Toolkit tools and APIs -- 6.1.2 Details on Key Tookit Protocols -- 6.1.3 Globus Toolkit Version 3 -- 6.1.4 Applications -- 6.2 Grid Computing Environments -- 6.2.1 Introduction -- 6.2.2 Portal Services -- 6.3 Basic Grid Deployment and Management Issues -- 6.3.1 Products Categories -- 6.3.2 Business Grid Types -- 6.3.3 Deploying a Basic Computing Grid -- 6.3.4 Deploying More Complex Computing Grids -- 6.3.5 Grid Networking Infrastucture Required for Deployment -- 6.3.6 Grid Operation-Basic Steps -- 6.3.7 Deployment Challenges and Approaches -- 6.4 Grid Security Details-Deployment Peace of Mind -- 6.4.1 Basic Approach and Mechanisms -- 6.4.2 Additional Perspectives -- 6.4.3 Conclusion -- 7 Grid System Economics -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Grid Economic Services Architecture -- 7.2.1 Introduction -- 7.2.2 Overview -- 7.2.3 The Chargeable Grid Service (CGS) -- 7.2.4 The Grid Payment System -- 7.2.5 GPSHold Service -- 7.2.6 The Grid CurrencyExchange Service -- 7.2.7 An Example -- 7.2.8 Security Considerations -- 8 Communication Systems for Local Grids -- 8.1 Introduction and Positioning -- 8.2 SAN-Related Technology -- 8.2.1 Fibre Channel Technology-Native Mode -- 8.2.2 Fibre Channel Technology-Tunneled Modes -- 8.3 LAN-Related Technology -- 8.3.1 Standards -- 8.3.2 Key concepts -- 9 Communication Systems for National Grids -- 9.1 Multilink Frame Relay -- 9.1.1 Motivations and Scope -- 9.1.2 Multilink Frame Relay Basics -- 9.2 MPLS Technology -- 9.2.1 Approaches -- 9.2.2 MPLS Operation -- 9.2.3 Key Mechanisms Supporting MPLS.

9.2.4 Service Availability -- 10 Communication Systems for Global Grids -- 10.1 The Basics of Layer 2 and layer 3 VPNs -- 10.2 The Layer 3 Approach -- 10.3 Layer 2 MPLS VPNs-A Different Philosophy -- 10.4 Which Works Better Where? -- 10.5 A Grid Computing Application -- References -- Glossary -- Index.