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Enabling high-level programming models on grids is today a major challenge. A way to achieve this goal relies on the use of environments able to transparently and automatically provide adequate support for low-level, grid-specific issues (fault-tolerance, scalability, etc.). This paper discusses the above approach when applied to grid data management. As a case study, we propose a 2-tier software architecture that supports transparent, fault-tolerant, grid-level data sharing in the ASSIST programming environment (University of Pisa), based on the JuxMem grid data sharing service (INRIA Rennes).
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Aldinucci, M., Danelutto, M., Antoniu, G., Jan, M. (2008). Fault-Tolerant Data Sharing for High-level Grid: A Hierarchical Storage Architecture. In: Gorlatch, S., Bubak, M., Priol, T. (eds) Achievements in European Research on Grid Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72812-4_6
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