Java based architecture for grid applications

Environments that integrate network computer into global computing resources have been studied since the development of Internet. In order to provide a platform independent approach to high-performance network computing, several Java-based implementations have been developed. Java overcomes the issue of maintaining different binary codes, multiple execution environments, and complex architectures. It offers the basic infrastructure to integrate computers resources connected to Internet into a distributed computational resource and allows parallel applications execution on different O.S. environment. In this paper we discuss the design and implementation of a network computing prototype system based on Java technology. The proposed multi level architecture uses the Agent paradigm to manage resources and to develop a user friendly interface to share resources in the grid.