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GRIDS Center John McGee, USC/ISI mcgee@isi.edu. NSF Middleware Initiative. April 10, 2003 Internet2 – Spring Member Meeting Arlington, VA. GRIDS Center G rid R esearch I ntegration D evelopment & S upport http://www.grids-center.org USC/ISI - Chicago - NCSA – SDSC - Wisconsin.
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GRIDS CenterJohn McGee, USC/ISImcgee@isi.edu NSF Middleware Initiative April 10, 2003 Internet2 – Spring Member Meeting Arlington, VA
GRIDS Center Grid Research Integration Development & Support http://www.grids-center.org USC/ISI - Chicago - NCSA – SDSC - Wisconsin
Enabling Collaborative Science • Enable distributed communities to pursue common goals • Scientific research • Engineering design • Artistic creation • Education • Focusing on the enabling mechanisms required for collaboration • Resource sharing as a fundamental concept
Elements of Grid Computing • Resource sharing • Computers, storage, sensors, networks • Sharing is always conditional, based on issues of trust, policy, negotiation, payment, etc. • Coordinated problem solving • Beyond client-server: distributed data analysis, computation, collaboration, etc. • Dynamic, multi-institutional virtual organizations • Community overlays on classic org structures • Large or small, static or dynamic
Grids Center Software Suite Release 3 April 21, 2003
Software Suite • Globus Toolkit • Condor-G • Network Weather Service • GSI-OpenSSH • KX.509/KCA • MyProxy • MPICH-G2 • Grid Packaging Tools • GridConfig Tools
Platforms • Red Hat Linux • 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0 • Solaris 8.0 on SPARC • Platforms integrated into build/test process: • AIX 5.1 • SUSE IA64 (SLES 8) • Tru64
Plans for Release 4 • More software component: • GridSolve, pyGlobus, APST, Ganglia, etc. • Enhanced usage of GridConfig • Focused effort to ship on additional platforms • AIX, IA64 SUSE, HPUX, Tru64 • Refine and export the processes
Exporting the Process • Machine Pool • Automated builds, deployment, verification testing • 2 tiers: • Grids Center internal • Distributed open community
Exporting the Process • Software Set • Iterate Packaging strategy • Enhanced distribution and installation strategy • Goals • Accommodate more software components faster • Enhance the capabilities of Grid builders
Questions? mcgee@isi.edu