
Chapter 2
Open, Scalable and Self-Regulated
Federations of Desktop Grids with
OurGrid
Francisco Brasileiro
Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil
Nazareno Andrade
Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil
2.1 Case for a Desktop Grid for and by Small and Medium-Sized
Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.2 Bird’s Eye View of OurGrid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2.3 Architecting Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .