Hi Vinod, Well, as my current job is in this "Grid Computing" field I guess I should hazard a guess. :)
I think the best explanation of Grid computing I can come up with is the sharing of resources in a large, distributed environment. A lot of times, this may be across physical locations -- this part is the key -- basically, and simply, you could think of a grid as a cluster of clusters, with all of the "middleware" that is needed to cross networks, physical locations, different security and authentication methods, and so on. I personally would not consider a cluster to be able to exist with 2 sets of nodes, one in, say New York, and the other in California. Things like high speed interconnects and such are key for clusters these days -- speed is everything, and there's no grid software substitute for having 2 boxes being plugged into the same myrinet switch. :) Anyway, I hope this was somewhat helpful... --Joe --- Joe Greenseid [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://lcic.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~jgreen ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Oscar-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users
