Most grids in place today are not linking thousands of machines across dozens of sites--most are deployed within enterprises.
Some are into the thousands of nodes, but far more are in the hundreds or scores of nodes.
Modern grids do a lot more than just kick off batch processes--they can be integrated into the programming model, and distribute objects (think.NET or Java) and interact with those objects.
The idea is the same, but the interfaces are a lot more convenient than the old command-line tools.
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Most grids in place today are not linking thousands of machines across dozens of sites--most are deployed within enterprises. Some are into the thousands of nodes, but far more are in the hundreds or scores of nodes.
Modern grids do a lot more than just kick off batch processes--they can be integrated into the programming model, and distribute objects (think .NET or Java) and interact with those objects.
The idea is the same, but the interfaces are a lot more convenient than the old command-line tools.