Hive Computing and Grid Computing

Grid Computing promises organizations all the power they need for only as long as is necessary. This idea shifts the maintenance cost away from the organization.

The problem with Grid Computing is that it is not really suited for building, deploying, and maintaining mission critical systems.

Hive Computing can make a Grid suitable for hosting transaction-oriented applications by defining a new type of resource — a Transactional Resource. A transactional resource can be plugged into a Grid and host the transaction-oriented applications upon which businesses depend.

By plugging one or more Hives into a Grid, businesses — and research institutions — will be able to gain access to a resource that provides them the transactional capabilities they require to perform their work in the most reliable and efficient manner.

More importantly, the self-organizing, self-healing, and self-maintaining capabilities of a Hive mean that these transactional capabilities can be acquired at a low cost. All a user has to do is create a package and give it to the Hive. From that point, the Hive will take over the responsibility for ensuring that all Workers are updated.