INDUSTRY

Grid resource managers manage workload from requesters to the available grid engines. What happens when there's more work than available engines can handle? Traditionally, this condition causes queuing and additional wait times for the user community. What would happen if the grid resource manager could appeal to some outside entity to add engine resources? What if there were multiple grids within an enterprise and this outside entity could determine which grid most needed resources? This article discusses how resources can be managed into and out of a grid environment using an example infrastructure.