Definition
The NorduGrid Collaboration coordinates the development of Advance Resource Connector (ARC) – an open source Grid middleware. The collaboration is based on the Collaboration Agreement.
Background
The NorduGrid collaborative activity is based on the success of the project known as the “Nordic Testbed for Wide Area Computing and Data Handling”, and aims at continuation and development of its achievements. That project was launched in May 2001, aiming to build a Grid infrastructure suitable for production-level research tasks. The project developers came up with an original architecture and implementation, which allowed the testbed to be set up accordingly in May 2002, and remain in continuous operation and development since August 2002.
Objectives
The aim of the NorduGrid Collaboration is to deliver a robust, scalable, portable and fully featured solution for a global computational and data Grid system – the ARC middleware, a free open source software.
The Collaboration goals are:
- Develop and support the ARC middleware.
- Coordinate contributions to the ARC code.
- Define strategical directions for development of the ARC middleware following latest tendencies in the Grid technologies.
- Maintain minimal infrastructure necessary for open source code development.
- Promote ARC middleware solutions in such areas as Grid development, deployment and usage.
- Contribute to development of open standards in Grid and related areas.
Website: http://www.nordugrid.org/