Relevance of Grid Computing for India in the era of Cloud Computing

Relevance of Grid Computing for India in the era of Cloud Computing

연구 분야: Networking

학회: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing in Emerging Markets (CCEM)

Grid Computing is often implemented by relying on the concept of sharing of available resources, in order to improve economies of scale and utilization. However, after the advent of Cloud Computing, the adoption of Grid Computing has been rather slow, and people wonder if it is still relevant, and whether Grid Computing truly matters. In a developing country like India where computer, smart phone and internet penetration is still low compared to richer nations, Grid Computing can make a huge difference in the adoption of scientific computing, by making niche resources available to the researchers. Grid Computing provides a framework to bridge the gap between what the researchers want and what they currently have. Grid aggregates available resources through efficient security mechanisms, meta-scheduling capabilities, and file transfer methodologies among others, and offers an unprecedented infrastructure for solving grand challenge problems. Grid Computing is here to stay, though it may not become as common as Cloud Computing, since it targets a comparatively niche set of users. It is also felt that the proponents of Grid Computing need to come up with new ideas and paradigms to improve the relevance of the grid in the changed scenario of computing.