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GRID RESOURCES INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

GRIA is a service-oriented infrastructure designed to support B2B collaborations through service provision across organisational boundaries in a secure, interoperable and flexible manner. GRIA uses Web Service protocols based on key interoperability specifications. GRIA is available free and open source (most of the software is LGPL)
GRIA makes use ofbusiness models, processes and semantics to allow service providers and users to discover each other and negotiate terms for access to high-value IT assets. By focusing on business processes and the associated semantics, GRIA enables users to provision for their computational needs more cost effectively, and develop new business models for their services.
GRIA provides several software packagesthat can be downloaded free of charge, each designed to address a particular business need.


GRIA Software Packages

To download the software packages, head for Downloads
The Basic Application Services package allow an organisation with cluster computing facilities to provide data storage and processing (using applications installed on the cluster)
The OGSA-DAI application service packageallows an organisation to publish structured data resources (XML, relational, bespoke) for subscription
The Service Provider Management package provides optional support for SLAs based service management and billing based on a simple management protocol for both GRIA and 3rd party application services
The Client package allows user access to GRIA management and application services via desktopapplications, includes a client API toolkit for integration of your client applications
The Client Management package provides optional support for organisation-level management of service users
with centralised control and monitoring of service procurement and usage
The Service Developers Toolkit allows integration of your application services with GRIA’s security and management capabilities
Inthe following sections, the concepts driving the GRIA architecture are described from a business perspective and an application perspective, and the various deployment scenarios are explained. GRIA uses standard Web Service protocols and security mechanisms, and can interoperate with .NET applications and services, though the GRIA packages and API themselves are implemented using Java. GRIA comeswith easy-to-use installers and full user documentation, and includes user tutorials and sample applications. Support is available via the website for free on a best-efforts basis, or on commercial terms as required.
To evaluate GRIA and the ideas behind it, head for Getting Started.

Service Installation Manual

GRIA services are distributed in files. This guide assumes you have alreadydownloaded and unpacked one of the GRIA packages. Inside it you will find the war file.
Once the pre-requisites have been set-up and the war file has been deployed, the web-based administration interface will guide you through the rest of the installation process.
Prerequisites
Currently, we provide documented instructions for installation on the following:
Debian
Fedora
SuSE
Ubuntu
WindowsXP and Windows 2003 Server
GRIA has also been installed on Red Hat and Mandriva with minor changes to the installation/configuration instructions (please contact GRIA support if you require assistance with these or other operating systems). However, our recommended platforms to use are Ubuntu or SuSE - these Linux distribution contains all of the prerequisites required for GRIA, arestraightforward to maintain and patch, and are the platforms that this software has undergone the most testing with.
Whichever operating system you install on, the software prerequisites are:
A servlet container, one of:
Apache Tomcat 5.5.x or 6.x
JBoss Application Server 4.0.2 or later
Java SDK 1.5.x

Client User Guide

The GRIA client allows you to use GRIA services, such as data storage, batch...