A Novel Virtual Grid Experiment Method in MedImGrid

During the study of grid projects, a real grid environment or simulated grid is built up for development and experiment normally. But there are some disadvantages such as high cost, complex deployment and configuration, hard management, even conflict among people. A novel virtual grid experiment method with HAL (Hardware Abstraction Level) virtualization technology is presented, which can conquer the disadvantages above and has been used in MedImGrid for the development of medical grid applications. The experiment shows that the method is feasible with low cost, easy configuration and convenient management, so as to increase research efficiency and shorten developing cycle. Furthermore, it can be applied not only in MedImGrid but also in some other grid projects.