4.1. Data criteria
Any application, at its core, is processing data. This means that we must take a closer look at data being used for and within a grid application. The following sections cover criteria related to handling data when deciding whether an application is a good candidate for a grid.
Data influences many aspects of application design and deployment and determines whether a planned grid application can provide the expected benefits over any other data solution. As the grid can be dynamically set up and changed, there are some special data-related considerations.
The following sections describe several considerations related to data in the grid, such as the distribution and location of data in regard to accessing jobs and when and ...
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