Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Oracle America, Inc.

Miha Ahronovitz

Kuldipsingh A Pabla

Juan C Soto

Charu V Chaubal

Wolfgang G Gentzsch

Gregory Shirin

Kenneth Clark

A multi-grid mechanism using peer-to-peer (P2P) platform protocols. An autonomic grid computing mechanism may be used to implement a multi-grid grid computing system. In the multi-grid grid computing system, there may be multiple master nodes, and thus multiple smaller grids (or grid cells) each including one or more compute nodes, in a single (larger) grid. A job submitter node may use one or more P2P platform protocols to discover the master nodes and to obtain information about the grid cells, including information that may be used by the job submitter to automatically select one of the grid cells that is suitable to execute a particular job. After selecting the grid cell, the job submitter may submit the particular job to the master node of the grid cell using the P2P platform protocols.

Multi-grid mechanism using peer-to-peer protocols

An autonomic grid computing mechanism. In embodiments, peer-to-peer platform protocols may be integrated with a grid computing system. Embodiments may use peer-to-peer platform protocols as the transport for the grid computing system. Embodiments may provide one or more of, but not limited to, the following capabilities to grid computing systems: self-deployment and self-configuration, self-updating, self-healing, node removal, master node backup, monitoring, administration, load balancing, grid brokering, decentralized grid, and multi-grid support. Peer-to-peer platform protocols may be used to automatically configure compute nodes. When a node comes up, the node searches for a master node using the peer-to-peer platform. When the node finds a master node, it provides node information to the master node using the peer-to-peer platform. The master node may send the node grid configuration information using the peer-to-peer platform and the node may self-configure as a compute node.

Autonomic grid computing mechanism

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Miha Ahronovitz