Enabling Applications for Grid Computing with Globus

A suggested grid application qualification scheme

The architecture considerations for a grid application lead to a qualification scheme that highlights the solution requirements and criteria that impact building a grid application.

Table A-1 on page 299 lists several criteria to consider when evaluating an application for grid enabling and deployment.

For each criterion in the table, the following are shown:

Range	Provides a summary of the possible values for the criterion.
Importance	A weight factor that provides a subjective assessment of how important the criterion is for the application under assessment.
Effort	A weight factor that assesses how much effort would be required to modify the application. The scale here (low to high) could identify ...