A Hybrid Resource Discovery Model for Grid Computing

Abstract

Grid computing system is a generalized spread network-computing infrastructure with machines distributed across multiple organizations and administrative domains. The aim of a grid is to provide uniform access to heterogeneous resources and services such as computing, network and storage. Among different functions of a grid system, such as resource selection, resource discovery (RD), resource monitoring, and others, RD remains the most important issue in grid computing environment. The success of other functions depends on RD, especially in large grid systems. RD involves finding suitable resources that match user requirements. In this paper, the results of a review of current RD schemes are presented. Additionally, a novel RD technique which is under evaluation is proposed. Thus, the exact contribution of this paper is a review of the state-of-art of resource discovery techniques in grid computing.