For the researcher, a grid is an infrastructure, a virtual working environment that allows deployment of distributed data and computing resources through, for example, the Internet. The grid combines various computing resources, data banks, and measuring devices that comprise a pool of resources for coordinated, integrated and flexible shared use.
Several grid infrastructure in Europe
There are several grid infrastructures in Europe. The most important feature common to all of them is that they make it possible to cross organizational boundaries in combining, distributing and administering resources such as computing processors, data storages and materials, network connections, and application services.
Examples of grids
- PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), a pan-European HPC service consisting of major supercomputing centers.
Read more
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EU's brochure on grids: From Grids to Service-Oriented Knowledge Utilities. A critical infrastructure for business and the citizen in the knowledge society (pdf)
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Grid Café - CERN’s website on the grid in layman’s language
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