Week two led my first lecture and tutorial for grid computing. In the lecture there were a great deal acronyms which I did not know. So, to start with here are some of the acronyms explained:
- OGSA: Open Grid Services Architecture – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Grid_Services_Architecture
- WSRF: Web Services Resource Framework – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Services_Resource_Framework
- WSDL: Web Services Description Language – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Services_Description_Language
- SOAP: Simple Object Access Protocol – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Object_Access_Protocol
- SOA: Service Oriented Architecture – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service-oriented_architecture
- VO: Virtual Organization – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Organization_%28Grid_computing%29
Globus Toolkit Acronyms:
- GRAM: Grid Resource Allocation Manager – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_Resource_Allocation_Manager
- VMware Workstation is utilized in this subject over VirtualBox
The tutorial enabled us to create a virtual grid setup. Where were provided with several Knoppix VMware images prepared with Globus Toolkit installed. Booting them up and getting a feel for the environment seemed to be the main point of the tut.