Post on 05-Jan-2016
Known Territories
There are several ways that Globus software has been used that are well-trod paths General-purpose Grid infrastructures Domain-specific Grid infrastructures Domain-specific Grid-enabled applications General-purpose Grid-enabled application
frameworks
For each of these, there are many examples and lessons learned
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Domain-specific Grid Infrastructure Builds on existing tools
Databases, instruments, applications
Adds Web service interfaces Teleinstrumentation service, database access services,
metadata and registry services, collaboration interfaces, portal
Offers users a Web(-service)-based system for doing domain-specific work; e.g., automation, sharing, pre-configuration
Users need documentation, system integration notes
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Example Uses
Enable broader sharing of data, instruments, code within a community
Lower the startup cost for new users of the community’s data, instruments, code
Build a community data repository Build an analysis/annotation community
(Web 2.0 for science)
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Examples ofDomain-specific Scientific Grids
caGrid – cancer research Earth System Grid – climate studies LEAD portal – weather forecasting LIGO – cosmology/physics NEES – earthquake engineering
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