Quality of Cloud Services

Cloud computing is emerged from internet technology that is distinguished from previous generation of distributed systems i.e. Grid Computing. Grid Computing and Cloud Computing have similarity and difference in basic components. In this paper we present a comparison of Grid Computing and Cloud Computing between principles of them. Furthermore, this paper gives insights into the essential characteristics of both.

Grid Computing Environments …, 2008

Cloud Computing has become another buzzword after Web 2.0. However, there are dozens of different definitions for Cloud Computing and there seems to be no consensus on what a Cloud is. On the other hand, Cloud Computing is not a completely new concept; it has intricate connection to the relatively new but thirteen-year established Grid Computing paradigm, and other relevant technologies such as utility computing, cluster computing, and distributed systems in general. This paper strives to compare and contrast Cloud Computing with Grid Computing from various angles and give insights into the essential characteristics of both.

2010

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2016

Abstract-In today’s network world, the most advanced and recent technology is the Cloud computing. Clouds can be thought as the new generation of Grid Computing. Clouds generally consist of data centres that are owned by the same organization. The homogeneity within each data centre in the infrastructure is the main feature for the cloud computing compared to grid computing. This paper not only defines cloud but provides the different components of clouds. It also provides the different services provided by Clouds and how Cloud’s cost definition differs from that of Grid computing. It further defines the Grid computing with its main characteristics. Main focus of this paper is to compare the cloud computing with the earlier generation technology like Grid computing by high lighting the main differences as well the similarities between them. At the end, this paper also focuses the advantages of using Cloud Computing and its future prospects.

2015

Cloud computing is really changing the way of computation. Many computer resources such as hardware and software are collected into the resource pool which can be assessed by the users via the internet through web browsers or light weight desktops or mobile devices. It is not a very new concept; it is related to grid computing paradigm, and utility computing as well as cluster computing. All these computing viz. Grid, cluster and utility computing, have actually contributed in the development of cloud computing. In this paper, we are going to compare all the technologies which leads to the emergence of Cloud computing.

2014

The present competitive world is characterized by individuals and businesses constantly trying to adapt themselves to progressive technological innovations for competitive advantage to stay ahead of the race. Cloud Computing is one such innovation which has made considerable impact in the market. It is the practice of delivering services over the Internet. These services can be broadly categorized into Infrastructure-as-aService (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). For instance, more and more organizations and individuals are migrating data to the servers on the cloud, thus reaping the benefits of IaaS which eliminates the need of own data centres and lowers maintenance costs. Cloud Computing is the amalgamation of existing technologies like Grid Computing, Utility Computing and several other models. Grid Computing is a form of distributed and parallel computing. In simple terms, it is a set of distributed resources working together to achieve a mut...

it - Information Technology, 2011

Cloud Computing represents a novel and promising approach for implementing scalable ICT systems for individual-, communities-, and business-use relying on the latest achievements of diverse research areas, such as Grid computing, Service oriented computing, business processes, and virtualization. From the technological point of view Grid computing is considered as the most related predecessor technology of Cloud computing. Although, Cloud and Grid computing differ in many aspects, as for example, in the general idea of the provision of computational resource, which is in Clouds commercial based and in Grids community based, there are many similarities. In this paper we investigate the similarities and differences between Clouds and Grids by evaluating two successful projects, namely for the provision of native hight performance copmputing applications as Grid workflows and for the self-management of Cloud infrastructures. Zusammenfassung Cloud Computing ist eine neuartige Methode für die Implementierung skalierbarer ICT Systeme, die von den Individuen, Gemeinschaften und Geschäftsprozessen benutzt wird. Cloud Computing basiert auf diversen Technologien wie z. B. Grid Computing, Serviceorientierte Architekturen, Geschäftsprozess-Management und Virtualisierung. Von dem technologischen Standpunkt wird Grid Computing als die wichtigste Vorläufertechnologie angesehen. Obwohl Grid und Cloud Infrastrukturen sich in vielen Aspekten unterscheiden, wie z. B. in der Idee wie die Computerressourcen angeboten werden-in Grid basiert dies auf der gemeinsamen Nutzung der Ressourcen in einer Gemeinschaft, in Clouds ist es kommerziell-haben beide Systeme auch sehr viele Gemeinsamkeiten. In dieser Arbeit untersuchen wir die Ähnlichkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen Grid und Cloud Systemen durch die Evaluierung von zwei erfolgreichen Projekten aus beiden Bereichen, nämlich eine Infrastruktur für die Bereitstellung der Hochleistungsapplikationen als Services für Grid und eine Cloud Infrastruktur für das Selbstmanagement der Cloud Applikationen.

Technologies like cloud, grid and cluster computing have all aimed at allowing access to large amounts of computing power in a fully virtualized manner, by aggregating resources as well as offering a single system view. This paper includes the introduction, characteristics, advantages, disadvantages, benefits and drawbacks of Virtualization, Cloud, Grid and Cluster Computing. Further this paper contains comparison between cloud, cluster and grid computing, comparison between grid and cluster computing and at last covering comparison between cloud computing and virtualization as well as comparison between grid and cloud computing. The aim of this paper is to show importance and comparison between virtualization, cloud, grid and cluster computing.

Cloud computing is the most advanced technology that has been launched on the network world. Clouds are considered as a new generation of Grid computing. Cloud computing relies on sharing of resources to achieve coherence and economies of scale similar to a utility (like electricity grid) over a network .This paper focuses on comparing Cloud Computing to previous generations such as Grid Computing, by reviewing some Security and Policy Issues in Cloud and Grid Computing. At the end, this paper describes the similarities and differences between the Grid and Cloud approaches.

…, 2009

Lately, a new computing paradigm has emerged: “Cloud Computing”. It seems to be promoted as heavily as the “Grid” was a few years ago, causing broad discussions on the differences between Grid and Cloud Computing. The first contribution of this paper is thus a detailed ...