M2:Application Services

Application services are those that enable access to higher-level functionality of the grid. These are generally provided centrally within the NGS and within a single grid environment there may only be one instance of each of these type of service. There is the opportunity for an enhancement to the service provided by a member site supplying some of these services as well as in parallel to the central provision, for example with multiple Resource Brokers we may increase the resilience of the whole system. This group also includes all user interface systems and client software. Current application services include:

• Information Aggregation
• Service Monitoring
• Workload Management
• User and Resource Management
• User Interface Service