Middleware Tools

Grid middleware used by members of SwiNG

• Condor
The "Condor" middleware supports mechanisms and policies for high throughput computing on collections of distributed computing resources, in particular desktop grids and clusters. It is or was used in the Greedy and Seed projects.

 

• ARC
The "Advanced Resource Connector" is the Globus-based middleware developed by the NorduGrid collaboration of the Scandinavian countries. It is or was used in the ATLAS, KnowARC, Seed, SMSCG and Swiss Bio Grid projects.

 

• gLite
"gLite" is a further development of Globus and the middleware produced and utilized by the EGEE project (including several Swiss partners). It is or was used in the DEGREE, DILIGENT, EMBRACE and Seed projects.

 

• Globus
The "Globus Toolkit" is an open source software toolkit to build Grid systems and applications, developed by the Globus Alliance. It is used in the SEPAC and PRAGMA projects.

 

• UNICORE
The "Uniform Interface to Computing Resources" offers a ready-to-run Grid system including client and server software, originating in Germany. It is used in the Chemomentum and IANOS projects.