GILDA: The Grid INFN Virtual Laboratory for Dissemination Activities

Grid computing technology has become fundamental to e-Science. As the virtual organizations established by scientific communities progress from testing their applications to more routine usage, maintaining reliable and adaptive grid infrastructures ...

Grid computing has made substantial advances during the last decade. A major concern in Grid environments is dealing with the high degree of heterogeneity of resources that can range from laptops and PCs to supercomputers. The unified virtual view of ...

Today basically two types of grid systems are in use: service grids and desktop grids. Service grids offer an infrastructure for grid users, thus require notable management to keep the service running. On the other hand, desktop grids aim to utilize ...