Patent ID: 8145751

Claim:
A system for validating data comprising: a plurality of hosts, wherein said hosts are software objects distributed within a plurality of computing hardware platforms within a grid environment comprising at least two distinct grids; one or more ghost agents, wherein each ghost agent is associated with one of said hosts in a same grid as said ghost agent, wherein each ghost agent is configured to replicate actions of the associated host and record data related to the replicated actions, wherein each ghost agent is further configured to compare validation data with data relating to said associated host, and wherein each ghost agent is further configured to move from a first grid to a second grid in response to the associated host moving from said first grid to said second grid so as to follow movements of said host within the grid environment and to permit the ghost agent to replicate actions of said host in said second grid and record data related to said replicated actions in said second grid; and, a validation application configured to manage validation operations performed by said ghost agents.