Title :
Execution of typical scientific applications on Globus-based grids
Author :
Herrera, J. ; Huedo, E. ; Montero, R.S. ; Llorente, I.M.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. Arquitectura de Computadores y Automatica, Univ. Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
One of the barriers that prevents the expansion and adoption of grid technologies is the lack of a standard programming paradigm to port existing applications among different environments. The distributed resource management application API (DRMAA) has been proposed to aid the rapid development and distribution of these applications across the grid. In this paper we present the first implementation of the DRMAA standard on a Globus-based testbed, and show its suitability to express typical scientific applications. As a case of study, we will consider in this paper the implementation of the NAS grid benchmarks with DRMAA. The DRMAA routines are supported by the functionality offered by the GridWay framework, that provides the runtime mechanisms needed for transparently executing jobs on a dynamic grid environment.
Keywords :
application program interfaces; grid computing; natural sciences computing; resource allocation; DRMAA standard; Globus-based grids; Globus-based testbed; GridWay framework; NAS grid benchmarks; application development; application distribution; distributed resource management application API; dynamic grid environment; grid computing; grid programming; grid technologies; job execution; scientific applications; Aerodynamics; Benchmark testing; Computer interfaces; Control systems; Grid computing; Portable computers; Resource management; Robustness; Runtime environment; Standards development; Grid Computing; Grid programming paradigms;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel and Distributed Computing, 2004. Third International Symposium on/Algorithms, Models and Tools for Parallel Computing on Heterogeneous Networks, 2004. Third International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2210-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISPDC.2004.23