Visions Of The Future Of Grid Computing

CaptianGrid writes "Computing grids, or software engines that pool together and manage resources from isolated systems to form a new type of low-cost supercomputer, have finally come of age. BetaNews sat down with some of the world's leading grid gurus to discuss the significance of such distributed technologies and separate grid hype from grid reality."

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hm

[Anonymous Coward]

if i had a grid computer, maybe i would've been able to get first post.

Re:hm

[Koiu Lpoi]

Of course, a beowulf cluster of grid computers would be much better, agree?

Inspired by?

[cakefool]

Then more recently we have seen Univa being created, which I am involved as founder and advisor

Univa
Univac - a successor of Multivac, the largest computer in Asimovs world.

Nerds - they get everywhere.

Beowulf cluster

[legomad]

Imagine!

Re:Beowulf cluster

[OECD]

Actually, this is the great promise of grid computing. Once it becomes ubiquitous, people will stop trying to imagine Beowulf clusters!

Of course, Soviet Russia broke up, and we still hear about that...

Computing grids

[Anonymous Coward]

Computing grids, or software engines that pool together and manage resources?

Pure Bolshevism, that's what!

Echoes of Carly

[Galuvian]

From TFA:
What we provide is primarily an implementation of Web services standards to allow people to build services, and the primary goal is also for us to provide a set of pre-defined services that allow you to use Web services protocols to interact to request the allocation of compute resources, the creation of computational services and moving the data from one place to another and so forth.

Does this sound like Carly Fiorina attempting to explain HP's strategy to anyone else?

Solution to Intel heat problems

[Anonymous Coward]

Just do all your computation in whatever hemisphere is in winter. They can use the heat.

Re:X-Grid

[davvr6]

Imagine a mac mini grid!