October 15, 2008 - 10:36 A.M.
Comparing clusters, grids and clouds
- TAGS:cloud computing, clusters, data center, grids
- IT TOPICS:Data Center, Emerging Technology, Hardware
A nice white paper (PDF) on the differences between different large scale computing technology is available over at GridBus, The Grid Computing and Distributed Systems (GRIDS) Laboratory at the University of Melbourne.
The white paper provides a lot of information, including some more detailed information on the differences between the different massively-scalable computing systems, and how the current IT climate is ultimately proceeding towards the cloud computing infrastructure.
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