Middleware
In order to be part of the Grid environment, all devices in the infrastructure need to execute a lightweight application called the “middleware”. Our middleware has been developed with the premise that it should be installable on any device with network access. This is why the following characteristics have been built in:
- Programmed entirely in ISO C++. It can therefore be compiled for any platform with minimal resource consumption.
- Small file size: between 50 and 400 kilobytes, depending on the system.
- Purely reactive behaviour to avoid conflicts with firewalls and internal networks.
- It needs a unique port number to manage all the connections.
- Development of new plugins is quick and simple thanks to the virtualization of resources.