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The GRelC Project: From 2001 to 2011, 10 Years Working on Grid-DBMSs

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This chapter provides a complete overview on the Grid Relational Catalog (GRelC) Project, a grid database research effort started in 2001 at the University of Salento. The project’s main features, its interoperability with gLite-based production grids, and a relevant show-case in the environmental domain are presented.

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  2. University of Salento, via per Monteroni, 73100, Lecce, Italy

    Sandro Fiore, Alessandro Negro & Giovanni Aloisio

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Fiore, S., Negro, A., Aloisio, G. (2011). The GRelC Project: From 2001 to 2011, 10 Years Working on Grid-DBMSs. In: Fiore, S., Aloisio, G. (eds) Grid and Cloud Database Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20045-8_3

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