Utility computing is a service provisioning model, which will provide adaptive, flexible and simple access to computing resources, enabling a pay-per-use model for computing similar to traditional utilities such as water or electricity. The deployment of a utility com- puting solution involves a full separation between the provider and the consumer. The consumer requires a uniform, secure and reliable functionality to access the utility computing service and the provider requires a scalable, flexible and adaptive infrastructure to provide the service. The solution should be based on standards and allow a gradual deployment in order to obtain a favourable response from the application developers and the information technology staff. Grid technology over- comes such challenges by means of its standard func- tionality for flexible integration of diverse distributed resources. This position paper proposes an innovative solution for utility computing which can be deployed on a Grid infrastructure based on Globus toolkit and Grid- Way components
Citation:
Ignacio M. Llorente, Ruben S. Montero, Eduardo Huedo, Katia Leal, "A Grid Infrastructure for Utility Computing," wetice, pp.163-168, 15th IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE'06), 2006