Grid Computing definitions beginning with N

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N1 - permalink - collapse

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Sun's architecture for the next -generation data center. The architecture is designed to make the entire data center behave as a single, unified system. N1 is designed to reduce management complexity and cost, increase data center resource utilization, improve infrastructure responsiveness and agility, and ensure investment protection.
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Browse Related Terms: Gigabit and 10-Gigabit Ethernet, InfiniBand, RAID (Redundant Array of Independent or Inexpensive Disks), SAN, SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing)

NAS (Network-Attached Storage) - permalink - collapse

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NAS provides storage resources to servers and workstations over a shared or dedicated network. This network is typically Ethernet running the Internet Protocol (IP). NAS operates with industry-standard protocols such as Network File System (NFS), Common Internet File System (CIFS), and SCSI over IP (iSCSI) and uses the servers network interface card (NIC) for communication.
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Browse Related Terms: command line interface (CLI), Concurrency, FC (Fibre Channel), GridFTP, network end points, NTP (Network Time Protocol), parallelism, striping

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NCSA (The National Center for Supercomputing Applications) - permalink - collapse

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The National Center for Supercomputing Applications is a US government institution for supercomputing.
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Browse Related Terms: Enterprise Grid, Globus, Grid Computing, OGSA (Open Grid Services Architecture), Pooling, SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture), utility computing, Utility Data Center

Network Element - permalink - collapse

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A physical grid component that is a networking device, such as a switch or router. See also: Grid Component
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Browse Related Terms: Compute Element, Decommissioning, GME Component, GME (Grid Management Entity), Grid Component, resource, service, Storage Element

network end points - permalink - collapse

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A network endpoint is generally something that has an IP address (a network interface card). It is a point of access to the network for transmission or reception of data. Note that a single host could have multiple network end points if it has multiple NICs installed (multi-homed). This definition is necessary to differentiate between parallelism and striping.

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Browse Related Terms: command line interface (CLI), Concurrency, FC (Fibre Channel), GridFTP, NAS (Network-Attached Storage), NTP (Network Time Protocol), parallelism, striping

Network File System (NFS) - permalink - collapse

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The Network File System (NFS) provides remote access to shared file systems across networks.
For more information, see http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/usail/network/nfs/overview.html.

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Browse Related Terms: AFS (Andrew File Systems), DFS (Distributed Files System), GPFS (General Parallel File System), logical file name, NFS (Networked File System), physical file name

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NFS (Networked File System) - permalink - collapse

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A Networked File System is a mountable networked file system.
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Browse Related Terms: AFS (Andrew File Systems), DFS (Distributed Files System), GPFS (General Parallel File System), logical file name, Network File System (NFS), physical file name

node - permalink - collapse

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A network processing location in a grid. A node can be a computer, a set of clustered blades, or some other device, such as a printer.
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Browse Related Terms: BLADES, Cluster Interconnect, Clustering, secure network

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NTP (Network Time Protocol) - permalink - collapse

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A Network Time Protocol server keeps the time on the network.
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Browse Related Terms: command line interface (CLI), Concurrency, FC (Fibre Channel), GridFTP, NAS (Network-Attached Storage), network end points, parallelism, striping

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