Gridcomputing.ppt
- 1. “Grid Technology: A slide from my presentation to Industry (2005) • Emerging enabling technology. • Natural evolution of distributed systems and the Internet. • Middleware supporting network of systems to facilitate sharing, standardization and openness. • Infrastructure and application model dealing with sharing of compute cycles, data, storage and other resources. • Publicized by prominent industries as on-demand computing, utility computing, etc. • Move towards delivering “computing” to masses similar to other utilities (electricity and voice communication).” • Now, Hmmm…sounds like the definition for cloud computing!!!!! 6/23/2010 Wipro Chennai 2011 1
- 2. Answer: The Cloud Computing? • Typical requirements and models: o platform (PaaS), o software (SaaS), o infrastructure (IaaS), o Services-based application programming interface (API) • A cloud computing environment can provide one or more of these requirements for a cost • Pay as you go model of business • When using a public cloud the model is similar to renting a property than owning one. • An organization could also maintain a private cloud and/or use both. 6/23/2010 Wipro Chennai 2011 2
- 3. Windows Azure • Enterprise-level on-demand capacity builder • Fabric of cycles and storage available on-request for a cost • You have to use Azure API to work with the infrastructure offered by Microsoft • Significant features: web role, worker role , blob storage, table and drive-storage 6/23/2010 Wipro Chennai 2011 3