Hadoop is a reference software framework supporting the Map/Reduce programming model. It relies on the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) as its primary storage system. Althoug...
In this paper, we describe the design of a highlyavailable Grid data storage system. Increased availability is ensured by data redundancy and file striping. Redundant data is com...
This paper studies five real-world data intensive workflow applications in the fields of natural language processing, astronomy image analysis, and web data analysis. Data intensiv...
Modern desktop grid environments and shared computing platforms have popularized the use of contributory resources, such as desktop computers, as computing substrates for a variet...
This paper describes SymbioticSphere, a novel biologically-inspired architecture that allows grid systems (application services and middleware platforms) to be scalable and adapti...