"Gird Computing": A Method for Increasing Processing Capacity

Abstract

The need for computing capacity is skyrocketing, thus we need to find ways to meet this need while keeping costs down. In this sense, Grid technology is emerging from the realm of academia and making its way into the business world. In this model, users from all over the globe have access to a single, integrated resource that consists of geographically dispersed storage devices, data sources, and supercomputers. This helps put these resources to work during their unused time. The advantages of grid computing are quickly covered in this essay. This technology is finding more and more uses, and the article delves into a few of them.