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Grid Computing: Resource Management Thesis Problem Statement

Grid Computing: Resource Management Thesis Problem Statement Francisco Castellanos Graduate Student, Computer Engineering Fairfield University. Contents. Introduction Problem Statement Approach Motivation Work In Progress References. Introduction. What is Grid Computing?

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Grid Computing: Resource Management Thesis Problem Statement

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  1. Grid Computing: Resource ManagementThesis Problem Statement Francisco CastellanosGraduate Student, Computer EngineeringFairfield University

  2. Contents • Introduction • Problem Statement • Approach • Motivation • Work In Progress • References

  3. Introduction What is Grid Computing? • Grid computing is a kind of parallel computing that enables the sharing, selection, and aggregation of geographically distributed “autonomous” resources, at runtime.[1] • One of the services that a Grid can provide is a computational service.[1]

  4. Problem Statement • We propose to address a sub-problem in the area of Computational Grids concerned with resource management. • As compute servers become available (idle), they run a screen saver. • The screen saver informs a central Look-Up Server (LUS) and volunteers the server to the GRID. • The server then downloads a job, performs some computation, and returns the results back to the LUS.

  5. Problem Statement Goals: • Make use of the CS (Compute Server) during its idle state. • Minimize the intrusion into the CS desktop. • Execute a trusted job and to return the result from the CS to the LUS using a secure channel. • Creation of a portable screen saver that can be downloaded on demand.

  6. Approach Problem Partitions • Detection of CS Idle-state initiation and termination. • Screensaver deployment. • Computation task deployment. • Communication between CS and LUS (Benchmark data and job status) • Leasing

  7. Approach Proposal: • Use and customization of Saverbeans SDK. SaverBeans Screensaver SDK is a Java screensaver development kit, enabling developers to create cross-platform screensavers. • Use of Java Web Start for Screensaver deployment and Compute Server deployment. • Create a communication protocol between CS and LUS. Information includes benchmark data, load, and processing state. • Implement leasing process.

  8. Motivation • Work stations are idle 14 hours or more per work day. • Waste of CPU cycles, Storage Capacity and network bandwidth. • Success of the SETI project. A major deficiency of SETI is that it is not portable and generally only available to accelerate a single application. • Grid promises to make it possible for scientific collaborations to share resources on an unprecedented scale, and for geographically distributed groups to work together in ways that were previously impossible.[2]

  9. Work in progress • Screensaver for Linux and Windows.

  10. Work in progress • Screensaver deployment process for Linux and Windows with Java Web Start.

  11. Work in progress • Integration of Screensaver and Compute server for Linux. Compute Server Xscreensaver-demo

  12. Work in progress • Job partitioning : Mandelbrot set.

  13. References • [1] Mark Baker, Rajkumar Buyya and Domenico Laforenza: “Grids and Grid technologies for wide-area distributed computing”, http://www.gridbus.org/papers/gridtech.pdf, SOFWARE-PRACTICE AND EXPERTICE, 2002, John Wiley and Sons,Ltd. • [2] Ian Foster: “The Grid: A new Infrastructure for 21st Century Science”, American Institute of Physics, 2002, http://www.aip.org/pt/vol-55/iss-2/p242.html

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