TRASCGlobus Application Launcher

VPAC Development Team

Sudarshan Ramachandran

Overview

• Current Grid Activities

• Globus Application Launcher

• Future Plans

Current Grid Activities Grid Middleware

• UNICORE• Globus Toolkit

Installation How To• Globus 1.1.4, 2, 2.2

Grid Applications• TRASC

GrangeNet• Access Grid Node

Clusters• How to Build Linux

Clusters• MOSIX• Visualization Cluster

vpac.org

VPAC Grid

4 CPUsAlphaServer SC

Tru64

2 CPUsDigital AlphaStationTru64

12 CPUs ClusterIntel Xeon

Red Hat Linux

2 CPUsIntel PIIRed Hat Linux

TRASC

Gateway to the grid

Project Aims• User friendly interface• Platform independent• Does not rely on the Java COG• Jobs transparently transported• Grid File Transfer• Easy to Customize• Real time load monitoring • Collaborating with users and SC facilities

System Architecture

• Client and Server modules

• Mediator to Globus APIs

• SSL Communication

• Multiple Job Submissions

• Job status

• Output retrieval

UNIX Windows

TRASC GUI TRASC GUI

TRASC Mediation Daemon

Secure Internet socket

Globus

GRID

Grendel Mel Uni APAC

Requirements

TRASC Daemon Globus Toolkit 2.0+

TRASC Client Platform Independent Java 2 SDK 1.4.0

Features

• Authentication• Proxy Info• Globus Ping• Job Submission• File Transfer• SC Load Status

Job Submission

• On the fly file staging

• Conversion of command line into Globus RSL format

• Job status monitoring

• Output stream

• Quick Launch Buttons

Client Server

File Transfer

• Between the desktop and any grid machine

• Vice versa

• Faster than SCP

• 3rd party transfers

• VPAC SC Load• 32 Nodes• Customised

Load Monitor

Outcomes

• Ability for people with limited grid knowledge to utilise available computing power

• Demonstrations– CC Grid 2002– SC 2001, 2002

• Customised Client• Motivated others to set up their own Linux

clusters to join our gird.

Future GoalsDefine TRASC Daemon APIs

– Serial, parallel & parametric jobs– File transfers– Job monitors– LDAP information– Secure Environment

Other Interests

• Load Sharing

• Australian Certificate Authority

• Identify similar projects & interests

Further Information

Web: VPAC Development Team

http://www.vpac.org/VDT

Email: Sudarshan Ramachandran

sram@vpac.org