Grid Computing terms starting with S

35 terms

  1. SAAJ For more information, see http://www.apache.org.
  2. SAN (Storage Area Network) A high-speed subnetwork of shared storage devices. A storage device is a machine that contains nothing but a disc or discs for storing data.
  3. SASL See definition for: Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL)
  4. Scale Out Scale Out is the term usually applied to scaling an application or service through the use of multiple service component instances, which typically…
  5. Scale Up Conversion of a process, such as fermentation of a micro-organism, from a small laboratory scale to a larger industrial scale.
  6. scheduler Term used to describe a job scheduler mechanism to which GRAM interfaces. It is a networked system for submitting, controlling, and monitoring the…
  7. scheduler adapter The interface used by GRAM to communicate/interact with a job scheduler mechanism. In GT 4.x, this is both the perl submission scripts and the SEG program.
  8. Scheduler Event Generator (SEG) The Scheduler Event Generator (SEG) is a program which uses scheduler-specific monitoring modules to generate job state change events.
  9. Secure Interface The physical layer connection between a gateway and a secure network.
  10. Secure Network A logical portion of a network that client computers can access if they either meet corporate health policy or are exempt from meeting corporate health…
  11. Server Any computer on a network that contains data or applications shared by users of the network on their client PCs.
  12. Server Provisioning The allocation of servers for use for application software and users.
  13. server-config.wsdd Axis server-side WSDD configuration file. It contains information about the services, the type mappings and various handlers.
  14. Service See Services
  15. service certificate A EEC for a specific service (e.g. FTP or LDAP). When using GSI this certificate is typically stored in /etc/grid-security/<service>/<service>cert.pem.
  16. Service Characterization The process by which the composition or pattern of a service and the relationships with its dependencies is derived.
  17. service credentials The combination of a service certificate and its corresponding private key.
  18. Service Level Management Managing system performance (i.e. response time, compute power, storage space) by a contract in which a Service Provider agrees to deliver an agreed-upon…
  19. Service Sizing The process by which the number, performance, scaling, availability and security attributes of grid components is derived.
  20. servlet For more information, see http://www.apache.org.
  21. SLA (Service Level Agreement) is the policy that a Cloud providing company will make to its clients to guarantee how their services will work.
  22. SLO (Service Level Objective) The specific quantifiable and measurable attributes of a service that form the basis of a Service Level Agreement. See also: Service Level Agreement
  23. SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing) A computer architecture that utilizes multiple CPUs to complete individual processes simultaneously.
  24. SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) Principles and practices for sharing, reusing, and orchestrating business logic represented as services or components.
  25. SOAP SOAP provides a standard, extensible, composable framework for packaging and exchanging XML messages between a service provider and a service requester.
  26. SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) Simple Object Access Protocol is a means of sending messages between a service requester and provider.
  27. Software Provisioning Installing, configuring, and making software available for applications and users.
  28. SSL/TLS (Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security) Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security is a security protocol that provides communication privacy.
  29. standalone container A simple HTTP server that passes requests to the SOAP engine and it can only serve .wsdl and .xsd files.
  30. Storage Element A physical grid component that is a storage component, such as a disk or array. See also: Grid Component
  31. Storage Provisioning The allocation of storage for use for applications (including databases) and users.
  32. stream mode (MODE S) The only mode normally implemented for FTP is MODE S. This is simply sending each byte, one after another over the socket in order, with no application…
  33. striping When speaking about GridFTP transfers, striping refers to having multiple network endpoints at the source, destination, or both participating in the…
  34. subscription aggregator source An aggregator source (included in WS MDS) that collects data from a WSRF service via WSRF subscription/notification.
  35. superuser do (sudo) Allows a system administrator to give certain users (or groups of users) the ability to run some (or all) commands as root or another user while logging…