Architecture and grid application of cluster computing system

Recently, people pay more attention to the grid technology. It can incorporate high-speed network, high performance computer, large database, sensor and remote equipment etc. Moreover, it can not only connect all kinds of resources in the network and also put them into a super transparent computing environment for customers. In which it can realize meta-computing for the shared resources. However, traditional parallel computing system such as SMP and MPP use multi-processors to upgrade computing by closed coupler. Doing like that, the flexible and scalable performance of the system will be limited so that the system can't meet the requirement of the grid technology. In this paper, the architecture of cluster computing system applying in grid nodes is introduced. It mainly includes the following aspects. First, the network architecture is analyzed and designed. Second, it forms virtual computers with distributing computing including divided computing and shared computing. Last, it discusses the communication problems between the grid nodes. In other words, it discusses the realization of single map in order to meet all the requirements of customers sent to the grid nodes.