ALiCE: A scalable runtime infrastructure for high performance grid computing

This paper discusses a Java-based grid computing middleware, ALiCE, to facilitate the development and deployment of generic grid applications on heterogeneous shared computing resources. The ALiCE layered grid architecture comprises of a core layer that provides the basic services for control and communication within a grid. Programming template in the extensions layer provides a distributed shared-memory programming abstraction that frees the grid application developer from the intricacies of the core layer and the underlying grid system. Performance of a distributed Data Encryption Standard (DES) key search problem on two grid configurations is discussed.