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Extending Virtual Observatory Capabilities Through Grid Enabled Resources
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| Existing and forthcoming Virtual Observatories will enable unified access to many disparate data sources and services. As these systems expand they face issues in scalability. In particular, user contributed services and applications, which play a vital role in long-term success, are hindered by volume of use and lack of hosting facilities. We aim to address this issue by establishing the infrastructure for a VO-Grid. The Globus Toolkit, the de facto open source standard in Grid software, will be used to establish a mechanism for allowing user contributed submissions of services. Additionally, the infrastructure for allowing these services to be shared along with unused processor time and storage space will be set in place. |
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