On-demand Grid Storage Using Scavenging.pptVIP

Outline Grid Storage Fabric Background The Evolving Computing Landscape—An Analogy Storage Scavenging of User Desktop Workstations Use Cases Related Work and Design Choices Architecture Storage Layer Management Layer Current Status Grid Storage Fabric Background Scientific discoveries driven by analyses of massively distributed, bulk data. Proliferation of high-end mass storage systems, SANs and datacenters Providers such as IBM, HP, Panasas, etc. Merits: Excellent price/performance ratio Good storage speeds and access control Support intelligent parallel file systems Optimized for wide-ar