Technological Comparision Between Cloud and Grid

Abstract-- The objective of this paper is to limelight the difference between cloud and grid computing according to their performance and also we focus on difference between them based on their functionality. The development of computer industry is promoted by the progress of distributed computing, parallel computing and grid computing, the cloud computing etc. Grid and cloud computing are latest emerging technologies which are progressing very sophistically. There is a strong debate over their interrelation with each other and their performance. This paper focuses on the types of cloud deployment models and types of services, the similarities and differences of cloud computing and grid computing, meanwhile it discusses the better aspect of cloud computing than grid computing, and refers the common problems faced by both computing. This paper characterizes and presents a side by side comparison of grid and cloud computing services and also list future areas of research that mostly like these computing services. A close comparison helped the two communities to understand very effectively.