Moderator: George Turner

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Research TechnologiesMonthly Roundtable

• Grid Tools

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Globus

• Globus Alliance
• Globus Toolkit (GT4)

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GT4

• Globus Toolkit v4
• http//www.globus.org
• http//www.globus.org/toolkit/docs/4.0/
• A Globus Toolkit Primer. I. Foster, 2005.
• http//www.globus.org/toolkit/docs/4.0/key/GT4_
  Primer_0.6.pdf
• Globus Toolkit Version 4 Software for
  Service-Oriented Systems. I. Foster. IFIP
  International Conference on Network and Parallel
  Computing, Springer-Verlag LNCS 3779, pp 2-13,
  2005.
• Google is your friend

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Search KB

• Use IUs Knowledge Base http//kb.iu.edu/
• Search Teragrid account

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Getting TeraGrid Account

• What is the TeraGrid, and how can I get started
  using it?
• http//kb.iu.edu/data/anag.html
• How do I apply for a TeraGrid allocation?
• http//kb.iu.edu/data/asvz.html

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X509 certs

• PKI like ssh keys
• CRL

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WS vs PreWS

• Web Services GT4
• Pre Web Services GT3
• just mentioning

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GSI SSH
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Moving Data

• RFT Reliable File Transport
• uses GridFTP
• GridFTP
• URLcopy
• Uberftp

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Installing Globus

• Not for faint of heart
• make make install
• PACMAN, GPT used by collaborations
• NMI NSF Middleware Initiative
• Rocks cluster management
• VDT Virtual Data Toolkit

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Commodity Grid Kits (Cog)

• http//www-unix.globus.org/toolkit/cog.html
• Java
• http//www-unix.globus.org/cog/java/
• Python pyGlobus
• http//dsd.lbl.gov/gtg/projects/pyGlobus/
• Perl GridPort
• http//gridport.sourceforge.net/

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GRAM

• Grid Resource Allocation and Management service
• WS-GRAM
• PreWS-GRAM

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RSL

• Resource Specification Language
• http//www-fp.globus.org/gram/rsl_spec1.ht
  ml
• Scripting language for GRAM

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MDS

• Monitoring and Discovery Service
• Resource Properties
• Aggregator services
• MDS-Index (registry)
• MDS-Archiver (archiver)
• MDS-Trigger (event-driven)
• Query tools

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RLS

• Replica Location Service

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Questions, comments, etc.

• Further information is available at
• hps-admin_at_iu.edu

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VO

• Virtual Organizations
• Big push from NSF, etc.

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TeraGrid
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OSG

• Open Science Grid

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BRIN

• Biomedical Informatics Research Network
• http//www.nbrin.net/
• NIH

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NEESgrid
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DAI

• Data Access and Integration

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