Grid – Path to Pervasive Adoption

Mark LineschChairman, Global Grid ForumHewlett Packard Corporation

Industry is on a journey

Old World New World

Static

Silo

Physical

Manual

Application

Dynamic

Shared

Virtual

Automated

Service

Journey must comprehend a challenging set of issues

People

Technology

Process

Policy

PeopleProcess

… while nurturing a vibrant ecosystem of value

eScience eBusiness

Users

Providers

Architects & Builders

Policy Makers

… and managing expectations along the way

Maturity

Vis

ibili

ty

Trough ofdisillusionment

Slope ofenlightenment

Plateau ofproductivity

Technologytrigger

Peak of inflated

expectations

Time to mainstream1–2 years

5–10 years

Source: Gartner

Grid & Related Paradigms

Distributed Computing• Loosely coupled• Heterogeneous

Distributed Computing• Loosely coupled• Heterogeneous

Cluster• Tightly coupled• Homogeneous

Cluster• Tightly coupled• Homogeneous

Grid Computing• Enabled by distributed

computing• Heterogeneous and

cross-organizational

Grid Computing• Enabled by distributed

computing• Heterogeneous and

cross-organizational

Utility Computing• Enabled by grid and distributed computing technology• Public or private computing “services”

Utility Computing• Enabled by grid and distributed computing technology• Public or private computing “services”

How Are Grids Used?

High-performance computing

Collaborative data-sharing

Collaborative design

Drug discovery

Financial modeling

Data center automation

High-energy physics

Life sciences

E-Business

E-Science

Grids

with the associated technologies (virtualization, automation, service orientation)

are about transforming how science, business and IT is done

Example – Transforming Health Care

Treatment protocols and prescriptions

WeatherEnvironment

Patient profile & history

Taiwan Asthma Grid

• Improved patient care

• Lower public health care costs

• More effective drugs and treatment protocols

The “heart” and “soul” of a grid solution

Applications

Resources

Middleware

Grid Solution Stack

Applications

StandardsInternet & Industry Standards

Standards Grid & Web Services

StandardsAPIs

Network Compute Storage

“Soul”

Standards that enable software

interoperability

“Heart”

Software that enables dynamic

sharing and management of

distributed resources

Key Requirements for Grid Middleware

Resource discovery,

monitoring & control

Data access, transfer and management

Execute and manage jobs/services

Secure authorization, role and access privileges

Information about applications

& resources

Virtualized resources

Grid middleware

servicesBrokering Service

Brokering Service

Registry Service

Registry Service

DataService

DataService

CPU Resource

CPU Resource Printer

Service

Printer Service

Job-Submit Service

Job-Submit Service

ComputeService

ComputeService

No

tify

Ad

ve

rtise

ApplicationService

ApplicationService

Standardization Requires collaboration across the broader

distributed computing industry

Applications

Services

Resources

DISTRIBUTEDCOMPUTINGGRID

COMPUTINGUTILITY

COMPUTING

SNIA

DMTF

OASIS

IETF

W3C

GGF

Requirements

• An open, service-oriented architecture (SOA)

• Built on a Web services infrastructure

• Resource virtualization at the core

Adoption will progress in stages

Scientific/ Technical Grids

Commercial/ Enterprise Grids

Early Deploymen

ts

Momentum Building

(Proven Solutions)

Broad Adoptio

n

We are somewhere

around here

Pervasive Adoption

“breaking through non-standard

barriers”

The path to pervasive adoption

Use Cases & Best PracticesUse Cases & Best Practices

Products & Solutions

Products & Solutions

Reference Designs

Reference Designs

Reference Designs

Reference Designs

Architectures & Specifications

Architectures & Specifications

EGA and GGF Accelerating grid adoption

Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!

•Standards

•Community

•Collaboration

Grid & Distributed Computing Communities

Pervasive Adoption