title: Biosurveillance grid: evaluation of the distribution of biosurveillance data across multiple computers.
abstract: Storing public health data in a centralize location for biosurveillance can be expensive and susceptible to server down time. We compared the performance of a distributed data grid against a centralized database to determine if a grid framework can provide fast, reliable, and inexpensive biosurveillance system. The results demonstrated that the distributed data grid had close performance with a high-end centralized system, suggesting that a grid framework can be a solution for low-cost, decentralized system.
authors.affiliation: RODS Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Ming-Chi
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Fu-Chiang
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Tsui
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance