VMGrid: A Virtual Machine supported grid middleware

Many grid middleware such as Globus Toolkit and GPE have started to support virtual machines. They implement the remote control of virtual machine by grid service and make use of virtual machinespsila function of quick deployment to construct the execution environment of grid application fast. In order to support virtual machine in grid environment, VMGrid (Virtual Machine Grid) is presented. All services in VMGrid are implemented based on secure shell host protocol (SSH) while Globus Toolkitpsilas Virtual Workspace is on WSRF. This paper gives a clear description of VMGrid. Some comparisons with Globus Toolkitpsilas Virtual Workspace in performance are made in this paper. Performance results show that VMGrid virtual workspace atomic services are more effective than that of Globus.

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