The History of the Grid

2022/04/08 by Ian Foster, Carl Kesselman · 1 voice
Computer Science · #cs.DC

paper · pdf · doi:10.3233/978-1-60750-803-8-3

published as High Performance Computing: From Grids and Clouds to Exascale, IOS Press, pages 3-30, 2011

arxiv created 2022/04/08 · arxiv published 2022/04/08 · arxiv updated 2022/04/12

Abstract

With the widespread availability of high-speed networks, it becomes feasible to outsource computing to remote providers and to federate resources from many locations. Such observations motivated the development, from the mid-1990s onwards, of a range of innovative Grid technologies, applications, and infrastructures. We review the history, current status, and future prospects for Grid computing.

Discussions

• I posted "The History of the Grid" on Arxiv. This 2011 article reviews the work that, from the 1990s onwards, pioneered on-demand and federated computing and data over then-new high-speed networks. ht [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]

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