51、ARC Grid Middleware: Current State and Future Roadmap

ARC Grid Middleware: Current State and Future Roadmap

1. ARC Middleware Overview

ARC (Advanced Resource Connector) middleware is an open - source solution coordinated by the NorduGrid Collaboration. It has been actively involved in multiple international Grid development and infrastructure projects, such as the EU KnowARC and the Nordic Data Grid Facility.

1.1 Origins and Design Goals

ARC was born out of a research process initiated in 2001 by the Nordic High - Energy Physics Community. The initial motivation was to set up a regional computational Grid infrastructure. Existing solutions like the EDG prototype and the Globus Toolkit were not suitable for the heterogeneous production environment in Nordic scientific and academic computing, wh