Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing

The grid is an emerging technology in high performance computing whereby a grid framework is put in place to allow trusted, certified users to submit jobs on remote clusters. The grid promises to allow organisations and institutions shared access to computer, database and instrument resources securely across the web, greatly improving infrastructure utilisation and research output.

The grid software decides where the job should run depending on requirements, thus making best use of computational resources and allowing high capacity users access to greater processing power.

ARCS (Australian Research Collaboration Service) contributes to a range of “grid middleware” products developed to meet local requirements. Learn more about ARCS.

Getting Started

If you require large computational resources, you will be interested in using the grid. A Part I: Getting Started user guide is available for download here (PDF 114KB).

For futher information or assistance, please email help@arcs.org.au or visit the ARCS (Australian Research Collaboration Service website.

Relevant Links

• ARCS: www.arcs.org.au