Grid and Cloud Computing

Lecture Notes, Study Materials and Important questions answers

Subject : Grid and Cloud Computing

INTRODUCTION
GRID SERVICES
VIRTUALIZATION
PROGRAMMING MODEL
SECURITY
Distributed and Cloud Computing From Parallel Processing to the
Internet of Things by Kai Hwang Geoffrey C Fox Jack J Dongarra
Distributed System Models and Enabling Technologies
1. Scalable Computing Over the Internet - Answer (click here)
2. Technologies for Network-Based Systems - Answer (click here)
3. System Models for Distributed and Cloud Computing - Answer (click here)
4. Software Environments for Distributed Systems and Clouds - Answer
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5. Performance, Security, and Energy Efficiency - Answer (click here)

Computer Clusters for Scalable Parallel Computing

1. Clustering for Massive Parallelism - Answer (click here)
2. Computer Clusters and MPP Architectures - Answer (click here)
3. Design Principles of Computer Clusters - Answer (click here)
4. Single-System Image Features - Answer (click here)
5. High Availability through Redundancy - Answer (click here)
6. Fault-Tolerant Cluster Configurations - Answer (click here)
7. Checkpointing and Recovery Techniques - Answer (click here)
 8. Cluster Job and Resource Management - Answer (click here)
9. Cluster Job Scheduling Methods - Answer (click here)
10. Cluster Job Management Systems - Answer (click here)
11. Load Sharing Facility (LSF) for Cluster Computing - Answer (click here)
12. MOSIX: An OS for Linux Clusters and Clouds - Answer (click here)
13. Case Studies of Top Supercomputer Systems - Answer (click here)

Virtual Machines and Virtualization of Clusters and Data Centers

1. Implementation Levels of Virtualization - Answer (click here)
2. Levels of Virtualization Implementation - Answer (click here)
3. VMM Design Requirements and Providers - Answer (click here)
4. Virtualization Support at the OS Level - Answer (click here)
5. Middleware Support for Virtualization - Answer (click here)
6. Virtualization Structures/Tools and Mechanisms - Answer (click here)
7. Hypervisor and Xen Architecture - Answer (click here)
8. Binary Translation with Full Virtualization - Answer (click here)
9. Para-Virtualization with Compiler Support - Answer (click here)
10. Virtualization of CPU, Memory, and I/O Devices - Answer (click here)
11. Hardware Support for Virtualization - Answer (click here)
12. CPU Virtualization - Answer (click here)
13. Memory Virtualization - Answer (click here)
14. I/O Virtualization - Answer (click here)
15. Virtualization in Multi-Core Processors - Answer (click here)
16. Virtual Clusters and Resource Management - Answer (click here)
17. Physical versus Virtual Clusters - Answer (click here)
18. Live VM Migration Steps and Performance Effects - Answer (click here)
19. Migration of Memory, Files, and Network Resources - Answer (click here)
20. Dynamic Deployment of Virtual Clusters - Answer (click here)
21. Virtualization for Data-Center Automation - Answer (click here)
22. Server Consolidation in Data Centers - Answer (click here)
23. Virtual Storage Management - Answer (click here)
24. Cloud OS for Virtualized Data Centers - Answer (click here)
25. Trust Management in Virtualized Data Centers - Answer (click here)