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Vskills certification for Grid Computing Professional assesses the candidate for a
companys grid computing and transformation needs. he certification tests the candidates
on !arious areas in grid computing "hich include kno"ledge of technical concepts and
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'() and cluster# and implementation *y Glo*us toolkit for the organi+ation.

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1. 1. 1. 1. &ntroduction &ntroduction &ntroduction &ntroduction
1.1 Evolution and generations
1.2 Need and benefits
1.3 Grid types
1.4 Technical terms

9. 9. 9. 9. 3istri*uted Computing 3istri*uted Computing 3istri*uted Computing 3istri*uted Computing
2.1 Internet Computing, peer-to-peer
2.2 Grid architectures and middleware
2.3 Computing on demand
2.4 DHT and DRMS

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3.1 Grid integration
3.2 Open grid services and WSRF
3.3 Computational economy and GRACE

A. A. A. A. Ser!ice $ri Ser!ice $ri Ser!ice $ri Ser!ice $riented %rchitecture ented %rchitecture ented %rchitecture ented %rchitecture
4.1 SOA basics
4.2 Design considerations
4.3 Development for the grid

8. 8. 8. 8. ,e* Ser!ices ,e* Ser!ices ,e* Ser!ices ,e* Ser!ices
5.1 Web Services characteristics and architecture
5.2 Web Services protocols (WSDL, UDDI) concepts
5.3 Grid Services (WSRF, OGSI) concepts

5. 5. 5. 5. $pen Grid Ser!ices %rchitecture $pen Grid Ser!ices %rchitecture $pen Grid Ser!ices %rchitecture $pen Grid Ser!ices %rchitecture
6.1 OGSA Model and interfaces
6.2 OGSA basic services
6.3 Handles, references and notifications
6.4 Globus toolkit and OGSA

B. B. B. B. P9P P9P P9P P9P (anagement (anagement (anagement (anagement
7.1 Characteristics
7.2 Data location and routing algorithms
7.3 Benefits and shortcomings

8. 8. 8. 8. Schedulers Schedulers Schedulers Schedulers
8.1 Scheduler role, features and selection
8.2 Scheduling algorithms and architecture
8.3 Common schedulers (OpenPB, Maui, Condor-G)
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9.1 Workflow management systems
9.2 Workflow specification languages

10. 10. 10. 10. Glo*us oolkit Glo*us oolkit Glo*us oolkit Glo*us oolkit
10.1 Concepts and architecture
10.2 Hosting environments

11. 11. 11. 11. Grid Security Grid Security Grid Security Grid Security
11.1 Certificate basics (X.509, PKI)
11.2 Java certificate services
11.3 Globus toolkit security libraries

19. 19. 19. 19. >esource (anagement >esource (anagement >esource (anagement >esource (anagement
12.1 Resource management models (AO, market, hierarchical)
12.2 Web services GRAM architecture
12.3 Network and memory management

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13.1 GridFTP
13.2 Multiple protocol usage

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14.1 WSRF basics and OSGI
14.2 Normative specifications
14.3 GT4 and WSRF

18. 18. 18. 18. (essage Passing Standards (essage Passing Standards (essage Passing Standards (essage Passing Standards
15.1 MPI and MPI 2.0
15.2 MPICH2

15. 15. 15. 15. Cluster Cluster Cluster Cluster
16.1 Cluster application
16.2 HA and load balancing cluster
16.3 HPC clusters

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&ntroduction &ntroduction &ntroduction &ntroduction
Understanding the different generations, need and benefits of grids
Describing the different types of grids
Explaining various technical terminologies used in grid computing

3istri*uted Computing 3istri*uted Computing 3istri*uted Computing 3istri*uted Computing
Illustrating the various distributed computing models like internet computing, peer-to-
peer, etc.
Detailing the different grid architectures and middleware used in grid computing
Explaining the concept of computing on demand, distributed hash table (DHT) and
distributed resource management system (DRMS)

/nterprise Computing /nterprise Computing /nterprise Computing /nterprise Computing
Understanding the integration of grid in an enterprise
Describing the concept and application of open grid services and web services
resource framework (WSRF) in enterprise grid
Explaining the impact of grids on economy and overview of GRACE research project

Ser!ice $riented %rchitecture Ser!ice $riented %rchitecture Ser!ice $riented %rchitecture Ser!ice $riented %rchitecture
Illustrating the concepts of SOA
Detailing the design considerations and development in SOA for the grid

,e* Ser!ices ,e* Ser!ices ,e* Ser!ices ,e* Ser!ices
Describing the characteristics and architecture of web services
Detailing the different WSDL and UDDI web Services protocols
Understanding the concepts of grid services frameworks like WSRF and OGSI

$pen Grid Ser!ices %rchitecture $pen Grid Ser!ices %rchitecture $pen Grid Ser!ices %rchitecture $pen Grid Ser!ices %rchitecture
Explaining the OGSA model and the interfaces offered
Illustrating the basic services offered by OGSA
Understanding the basics of handles, references and notifications in OGSA
Describing the relationship and usage of Globus toolkit with OGSA

P9P (anagement P9P (anagement P9P (anagement P9P (anagement
Detailing the various characteristics of peer-to-peer systems
Illustrating the data location and routing algorithms used b napster, kazaa, etc.
Explaining the different benefits and shortcomings of p2p systems

Schedulers Schedulers Schedulers Schedulers
Understanding the role, features and selection criteria of scheduler
Describing the various scheduling algorithms and architecture used in grids
Explaining the common schedulers like OpenPB, Maui, Condor-G used in grids
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Illustrating the various workflow management systems like Karajan, triana, etc.
Detailing the different workflow specification languages used in grids like XLANG,
GSFL, WSFL, etc.

Glo*us oolkit Glo*us oolkit Glo*us oolkit Glo*us oolkit
Understanding the concepts and architecture of open source globus toolkit (GT)
Explaining the various hosting environments for GT deployment

Grid Security Grid Security Grid Security Grid Security
Describing the basics of security certificate like X.509 and PKI for implementing
security in grid environment.
Illustrating security implementation by Java certificate services and globus toolkit
security libraries

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Detailing the various resource management models like AO, market, hierarchical, etc.
Explaining the web services GRAM architecture for resource management in GT
Illustrating the various network and memory management techniques

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Understanding file transfer using GridFTP and applying multiple protocols

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Explaining the concepts of WSRF and interlinking with OSGI
Describing the various normative specifications of WSRF
Illustrating interlinking of GT4 and WSRF for stateful services

(essage Passing Standards (essage Passing Standards (essage Passing Standards (essage Passing Standards
Detailing the various message passing protocols like MPI, MPI 2.0 and MPICH2

Cluster Cluster Cluster Cluster
Explaining the usage of grids as cluster and their applications
Describing the concepts of high-availability, load balancing and high performing
computing clusters
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Answers: 1 (B), 2 (B), 3 (C), 4 (A), 5 (A)