Grid Computing ...
Well I was reading Jonathan's Schwartz's (the new CEO of Sun Microsystems) weblog yesterday and I think I just stumbled upon the next big thing in computing - Grid Computing. http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jonathan/20060320
So what's this Grid computing all about ? In lay man's terms it means all your computing would be done NOT on your PC but on a central grid computer which for all practical purposes would be a massive supercomputer. Hence the terminology "The Network is the Computer". You don't have water purifying plants or electrical power generators at your house, it's all done at a central grid and then routed to your homes. So why can't the same thing done for computing ? You use the GRID for x hours every month and you get billed at the end of the month for the time you've used.
I see great prospect for this technology at the corporate level. Why would a organization invest in say 1000 PC's if you can just connect to a GRID and get the same computing power. You don't have to worry about maintanence, buying software , virus attacks, IT staff to support those 1000 PC's etc.. with this new GRID model.
I am not sure how things would work out at the personal home PC level. Will there be home PC's or would they connect to the GRID as well ? Only time will tell.
So what's this Grid computing all about ? In lay man's terms it means all your computing would be done NOT on your PC but on a central grid computer which for all practical purposes would be a massive supercomputer. Hence the terminology "The Network is the Computer". You don't have water purifying plants or electrical power generators at your house, it's all done at a central grid and then routed to your homes. So why can't the same thing done for computing ? You use the GRID for x hours every month and you get billed at the end of the month for the time you've used.
I see great prospect for this technology at the corporate level. Why would a organization invest in say 1000 PC's if you can just connect to a GRID and get the same computing power. You don't have to worry about maintanence, buying software , virus attacks, IT staff to support those 1000 PC's etc.. with this new GRID model.
I am not sure how things would work out at the personal home PC level. Will there be home PC's or would they connect to the GRID as well ? Only time will tell.
posted by pentium77 at 12:10 PM
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