eBay Seeks Grid Standards as It Expands Massive System
Published September 26th, 2006
Quessa.com
EBay Inc. is using grid computing to deliver online auction services to millions of users. Paul Strong, the company’s distinguished research scientist, said the biggest technology issue facing eBay is managing its shared grid infrastructure, which is spread across more than 15,000 servers. Instead of managing individual servers, eBay wants its systems administrators to manage aggregations of servers, a process that would be eased considerably with grid standards.
