WP 1 Grid Workload Management

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WP 1Grid Workload Management
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WP1 current activities

• Focus on the implementation of the first
  prototype workload management system (1st
  release)
• Fast prototyping instead of a classic top-down
  approach
• Development of new software and integration of
  existing components (Globus, Condor, )
• Grid accounting
• Economy-based model ?
• Long term activity (not for the PM9 release)

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Functionalities foreseen for the WP1 1st prototype

• First version of job description language (JDL)
• Used when the job is submitted, to specify the
  job characteristics and (required and preferable)
  resources
• First version of resource broker
• Responsible to choose the best computing
  resources where to submit jobs
• Required and preferred resources matched with
  the characteristics and status of the available
  Grid resources
• Job submission service
• Responsible to submit jobs to computing resources

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Functionalities foreseen for the WP1 1st prototype

• First version of bookkeeping service
• Short term (volatile) data about currently active
  jobs
• First version of logging service
• Long term (persistent) info about jobs and
  workload management system
• First user interface
• Command-line, for job management operations