For those of you wanting to read the entire WS-Resource Transfer series, IBM have provided an overview page that covers all of the articles/tutorials within the series.
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In this tutorial, you learn how to use the WS-RT standard to help manage your individual grid nodes. We'll look at how to extract individual pieces of information from resource data, how to update and set individual attributes, and how to extend the existing database interface to create and expose trend data through our WS-RT interface.Read: Building a grid system using WS-Resource Transfer, Part 3: Using WS-RT for grid monitoring Read past parts of the series: Read: Building a grid system using WS-Resource Transfer Series
Using open source tools for developing grid applications opens up a wealth of possibilities. The first is a very rapid development process, especially if you take advantage of script languages like Perl or Python and deployment environments like Apache. There is also a wealth of examples available that can help you. Examine the advantages and disadvantages of developing a grid solution using open source technology.Read: Developing a grid application with open source tools
In this five-part "Building a grid system using WS-Resource Transfer" series, we look at the use of WS-Resource Transfer (WS-RT) in different areas of the grid environment -- from using it as a method for storing and recovering general information about grid-to-grid monitoring and management, and security. We will also examine how WS-RT can be used for the distribution and division of work. In any grid, there is a huge amount of metadata about the grid that needs to be stored and distributed. Using WS-RT makes sharing the information, especially the precise information required by different systems in the grid, significantly easier. Here in Part 2, examine how this information can be shared, how to integrate a WS-RT interface with a database solution, and how to employ WS-RT to support key operations of the grid, such as in node registration. In this tutorial In any grid, there is a huge amount of metadata about the grid that needs to be stored and distributed. Using WS-RT makes sharing the information, especially the precise information required by different systems in the grid, significantly easier. In this tutorial, Part 2 of the series, we look at how to store the grid information and how that relates to the structures we'll need for WS-RT. We also look at the mechanics of the Apache Muse solution and at the WSDL we need to write to support a WS-RT application. And finally, we use the basic methods of WS-RT for registration of nodes into the grid.Read: Building a grid system using WS-Resource Transfer, Part 2: Share information and integrate with a database solution Read: Building a grid system using WS-Resource Transfer Series
In this five-part "Building a grid system using WS-Resource Transfer" series, we will look at the use of WS-Resource Transfer (WS-RT) in different areas of the grid environment - from using it as a method for storing and recovering general information about the grid to grid monitoring and management, and security. We will also examine how WS-RT can be used for the distribution and division of work. Part 1 examines the WS-RT standard and looks at how to develop a WS-RT solution using Java technology and Apache Muse.And for this piece:
The WS-RT standard provides a new method for accessing and exchanging information on resources between components. It is designed to enhance the WS-Resource Framework (WSRF) and build on the WS-Transfer standards. The WS-RT system extends previous resource solutions for Web services and makes it easy not only to access resource information by name but also to access individual elements of a larger data set through the same mechanisms by exposing elements of an XML data set through the Web services interfaces.Read Building a grid system using WS-Resource Transfer, Part 1: Grid services and WS-RT
