Detecting Faults in Computational Grids

Computational grid computing has emerged as one of the most promising research areas in high performance and distributed computing. The ability to allocate large numbers of resources for a parallel application with a greatly reduced cost makes the concept grid computing highly appealing. The heterogeneous nature of a grid creates a complex application environment; the nature of faults within this environment significantly complicates the life of the developer. Creating an application that can recognize and handle these faults in grids becomes non-trivial and complex.