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A Principled Approach to Grid Middleware

Status Report on the Minimum Intrusion Grid

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Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing (ICA3PP 2011)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNTCS,volume 7016))

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of MiG, a Grid middleware for advanced job execution, data storage and group collaboration in an integrated, yet lightweight solution using standard software.

In contrast to most other Grid middlewares, MiG is developed with a particular focus on usability and minimal system requirements, applying strict principles to keep the middleware free of legacy burdens and overly complicated design. We provide an overview of MiG and describe its features in view of the Grid vision and its relation to more recent cloud computing trends.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    Jost Berthold

  2. eScience Center, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    Jonas Bardino & Brian Vinter

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  1. School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, 3125,, Burwood, VIC, Australia

    Yang Xiang

  2. ICAR-CNR and University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci 41 C, 87036, Rende (CS), Italy

    Alfredo Cuzzocrea

  3. School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, Pigdons Road, 3217, Geelong, VIC, Australia

    Michael Hobbs

  4. School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, 3125, Burwood, VIC, Australia

    Wanlei Zhou

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Berthold, J., Bardino, J., Vinter, B. (2011). A Principled Approach to Grid Middleware. In: Xiang, Y., Cuzzocrea, A., Hobbs, M., Zhou, W. (eds) Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing. ICA3PP 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7016. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24650-0_35

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