Grid computing virtualizes and pools IT resources such as compute power, storage, and network capacity into shared services that can be distributed as needed. Oracle provides a complete, open, and integrated grid computing architecture across all tiers including middleware, database, storage, and infrastructure. Grid computing allows for consolidation of servers for higher utilization, pay-as-you-go scale out to add capacity as needed, and quality of service through load balancing and failover.

1. Grid Economics for the Data Center Rex Wang VP Product Marketing, Oracle

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4. Grid Computing Virtualizes and Pools IT Resources What is Grid Computing? Grid computing is a technology architecture that virtualizes and pools IT resources, such as compute power, storage and network capacity into a set of shared services that can be distributed and re-distributed as needed

6. Virtualization and Clustering Are Complementary

10. Agile Operations with Grid Computing AR AP HR AR HR AP Resource (CPU) Web J2EE DB PROVISIONING + WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT + AVAILABILITY Storage AP AR HR Sales Sales Sales BI BI PROVISIONING + WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT + AVAILABILITY Response Time Objectives IMDB Cache IMDB Cache IMDB Cache