Cloud Computing

Question 1

The the term Grid, coined at 1996 was used to describe?

Answer 1

-hard/software infastructure
-HPC community (vision)
->linked
supercomputers/clusters
->high-end capabilities
->science

Question 2

What is the vision of the Grid?

Answer 2

-a hardware and software infastructure
access to high end computation:
->dependable
->consistent
->pervasive
->inexpensive

Question 3

What must Grid computing provide?

Answer 3

• Resource discovery
• Information collection & publishing
• Process management
• Security
• Process/Session recording

Question 4

What is the Grid virtualising?

Answer 4

The underlying distributed resources

Question 5

How is Cloud computing related to Grid computing?

Answer 5

It developed out of it

Question 6

What is the main idea of cloud computing?

Answer 6

“ON DEMAND RESOURCE PROVISIONING”

• user = consumer
• resource = provided service

Question 7

what are three associated concepts to cloud computing?

Answer 7

• SaaS
• PaaS
• IaaS

Question 8

What is a cloud computing layer virtualizing?

Answer 8

multiple computers

Question 9

Name a difference between grid computing and cloud computing.

Answer 9

Grid has

• tighter relation between users and administration
• more restrictive execution model

Question 10

What algorithm design paradigm is commonly used in Cloud computing?

Answer 10

Divide & Conquer