Comments on: Cloud vs. Grid http://markusklems.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/cloud-vs-grid/ Random Thoughts of Markus Klems Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:36:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mike McGrady http://markusklems.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/cloud-vs-grid/#comment-178 Mike McGrady Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:13:54 +0000 http://markusklems.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-178 The point is seemingly irrelevant, since any grid can be a cloud. Of course a cloud is lauded by its interface: that's what a cloud is. Simplicity of interfaces has a value and, so, clouds have that value. This is neither here nor there with respect to grids. They are apples and oranges and they do not compete. The point is seemingly irrelevant, since any grid can be a cloud. Of course a cloud is lauded by its interface: that’s what a cloud is. Simplicity of interfaces has a value and, so, clouds have that value. This is neither here nor there with respect to grids. They are apples and oranges and they do not compete.

]]> By: Markus Klems http://markusklems.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/cloud-vs-grid/#comment-141 Markus Klems Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:09:19 +0000 http://markusklems.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-141 That is a good point, Scott. Imho, this is the main distinction between Cloud and Grid: Grid Computing evolved in scientific supercomputing, whereas Cloud Computing is about non-supercomputing applications. The promise of Cloud Computing is that the developer gets a scalable infrastructure where she can develop, test and deploy Web-scale applications without having to care about hardware stuff. This is why you don't see schedulers and the like in Cloud Computing. You scale by demand/credit card and not by plan. At least that's the promise. That is a good point, Scott.

Imho, this is the main distinction between Cloud and Grid: Grid Computing evolved in scientific supercomputing, whereas Cloud Computing is about non-supercomputing applications. The promise of Cloud Computing is that the developer gets a scalable infrastructure where she can develop, test and deploy Web-scale applications without having to care about hardware stuff. This is why you don’t see schedulers and the like in Cloud Computing. You scale by demand/credit card and not by plan. At least that’s the promise.

]]> By: Scott Mattoon http://markusklems.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/cloud-vs-grid/#comment-140 Scott Mattoon Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:31:29 +0000 http://markusklems.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-140 interesting distinction being drawn here, but I think "grid" has a useful generalized interpretation too, which is a model for the underlying virtualized resources being delivered as a service in clouds. In that sense, I think clouds are a superset of grids. Semantics matter, so thanks for posting this. interesting distinction being drawn here, but I think “grid” has a useful generalized interpretation too, which is a model for the underlying virtualized resources being delivered as a service in clouds. In that sense, I think clouds are a superset of grids. Semantics matter, so thanks for posting this.

]]> By: Cloud Computing Pros and Cons « Network Observations http://markusklems.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/cloud-vs-grid/#comment-89 Cloud Computing Pros and Cons « Network Observations Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:44:35 +0000 http://markusklems.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-89 [...] term should not be confused with SaaS, grid computing, remote computing, etc. But that’s where the difficulty lies with the term. Cloud computing [...] [...] term should not be confused with SaaS, grid computing, remote computing, etc. But that’s where the difficulty lies with the term. Cloud computing [...]

]]> By: andy.edmonds.be › links for 2008-07-03 http://markusklems.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/cloud-vs-grid/#comment-28 andy.edmonds.be › links for 2008-07-03 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:11:42 +0000 http://markusklems.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-28 [...] Cloud vs. Grid « Cloudy Times A question that we’ve posed and incidentally this discusses research already uncovered. It seems to boil down to - you can create a grid out of a cloud but not a cloud from a grid (virtualisation hat on) (tags: cloud grid versus sla@soi) [...] [...] Cloud vs. Grid « Cloudy Times A question that we’ve posed and incidentally this discusses research already uncovered. It seems to boil down to – you can create a grid out of a cloud but not a cloud from a grid (virtualisation hat on) (tags: cloud grid versus sla@soi) [...]

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