A case study on implementation of grid computing to academic institution

This Paper offers a discussion on how to implement a grid computing environment with planning steps and as such, it covers the basic requirements for setting up a grid computing environment, and present the suitable topology and design to set up an initial grid for research and data processing in academic institutions, and off course not to forget how to maintain and expand the grid. Grid Computing offers this tremendous opportunity to unlock these resources and re-purpose them (and any new resources) into a widely accessible (pool of resources) available to all applications and users. Knowing what a grid is and what it can do for whom uses it is essential when planning to use this technology to tackle the most demanding computational problems. However, when going through the process of implementing a grid computing environment, there are many other issues that arise and that may require special attention. This paper will be a significant guideline for IT mangers as such, it will assist organizations which already having clusters on campus to explore it if they can be shared and linked together.