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| About the Authors | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| List of Abbreviations | |
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| An Introduction to the Grid | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Characterization of the Grid | |
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| Grid-Related Standards Bodies | |
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| The Architecture of the Grid | |
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| References | |
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| System Infrastructure | |
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| OGSA and WSRF | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Traditional Paradigms for Distributed Computing | |
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| Web Services | |
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| OGSA | |
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| The Globus Toolkit 3 (GT3) | |
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| OGSA-DAI | |
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| WSRF | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Further Reading and Testing | |
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| Key Points | |
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| References | |
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| The Semantic Grid and Autonomic Computing | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Metadata and Ontology in the Semantic Web | |
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| Semantic Web Services | |
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| A Layered Structure of the Semantic Grid | |
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| Semantic Grid Activities | |
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| Autonomic Computing | |
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| What is autonomic computing? | |
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| Features of autonomic computing systems | |
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| Autonomic computing projects | |
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| A vision of autonomic Grid services | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Further Reading and Testing | |
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| Key Points | |
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| References | |
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| Basic Services | |
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| Grid Security | |
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| Introduction | |
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| A Brief Security Primer | |
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| Cryptography | |
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| Grid Security | |
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| Putting it all Together | |
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| Possible Vulnerabilities | |
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| Summary | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| References | |
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| Grid Monitoring | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Grid Monitoring Architecture (GMA) | |
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| Review Criteria | |
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| An Overview of Grid Monitoring Systems | |
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| Other Monitoring Systems | |
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| Summary | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Further Reading and Testing | |
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| Key Points | |
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| References | |
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| Job Management and User Interaction | |
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| Grid Scheduling and Resource Management | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Scheduling Paradigms | |
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| How Scheduling Works | |
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| A Review of Condor, SGE, PBS and LSF | |
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| Grid Scheduling with QoS | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Further Reading and Testing | |
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| Key Points | |
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| References | |
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| Workflow Management for the Grid | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Workflow Management Coalition | |
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| Web Services-Oriented Flow Languages | |
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| Grid Services-Oriented Flow Languages | |
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| Workflow Management for the Grid | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Further Reading and Testing | |
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| Key Points | |
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| References | |
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| Grid Portals | |
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| Introduction | |
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| First-Generation Grid Portals | |
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| Second-Generation Grid Portals | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Further Reading and Testing | |
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| Key Points | |
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| References | |
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| Applications | |
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| Grid Applications - Case Studies | |
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| Introduction | |
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| GT3 Use Cases | |
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| OGSA-DAI Use Cases | |
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| Resource Management Case Studies | |
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| Grid Portal Use Cases | |
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| Workflow Management - Discovery Net Use Cases | |
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| Semantic Grid - myGrid Use Case | |
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| Autonomic Computing - AutoMate Use Case | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |