Oracle Tips by Burleson

Chapter 1 Oracle 10g Grid Computing

Grid Enabling Middleware and Solutions

Ejasent specializes in software to solve the operations problems in server management. Ejasent (now acquired by Veritas software) offers products and solutions, which have the ability to move an application from one server to another without disrupting or terminating the application, preserving all its current settings and data, and transferring it to a different server in near real time.

United Devices provides ‘Grid MP Enterprise’ a product, which is a software-based Grid Computing solution. ‘Grid MP’ product aggregates under-utilized resources -- including servers, clusters, desktops and laptops -- across a corporate enterprise. Companies can build enterprise grids that coordinate and share computing resources across departments or organizations within their firewalls to maximize the efficiency of their computing infrastructure. It also provides a single interface for management and users from anywhere within the enterprise. Application binaries for various OS platforms and data are centralized to simplify access control, versioning, and updates.

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United Devices provides a small program called the UD Agent, which you can download from http://www.grid.org/download/gold/download.htm and this allows you to become a Member of the United Devices Community. The UD Agent can recycle your PC's unused resources and use them to perform valuable scientific and medical research without disturbing your usual computer use.