China Grid and Related Dependability Research - Grid Computing: Infrastructure, Service, and Applications - page 73

ChinaGrid and Related
Dependability Research
Xuanhua Shi and Hai Jin
CONTENTS
4.1 Introduction .................................................................................... 76
4.2 ChinaGrid Project: Vision and Mission ...................................... 77
4.3 ChinaGrid Support Platform ........................................................ 78
4.3.1 Functions ............................................................................... 79
4.3.2 Building Blocks .................................................................... 80
4.4 Grid Computing Application Platforms in the ChinaGrid ...... 82
4.4.1 Bioinformatics Grid ............................................................. 82
4.4.1.1 Management of Heterogeneous Resources ......... 83
4.4.1.2 Monitoring ............................................................... 83
4.4.1.3 Integration of Heterogeneous Bioinformatics
Computing Tools ..................................................... 84
4.4.2 Image Grid ............................................................................ 84
4.4.3 Computational Fluid Dynamics Grid ............................... 85
4.4.4 Course Online Grid ............................................................. 86
4.4.5 Massive Data Processing Grid ........................................... 88
4.5 Grid Dependable Research ........................................................... 88
4.5.1 Grid Monitor ......................................................................... 89
4.5.1.1 Architecture ............................................................. 89
4.5.1.2 Features ..................................................................... 93
4.5.2 Fault Tolerant Grid Platform .............................................. 93
4.5.2.1 Fault-Tolerant Grid Topology ................................ 94
4.5.2.2 Fault Tolerance of Information Server ................. 95
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