11/15/04PittGrid1 PittGrid: Campus-Wide Computing Environment Hassan Karimi School of Information Sciences Ralph Roskies Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

11/15/04PittGrid2 Present Disconnected resources (e.g., CPUs, storage, and databases) across the campus Disconnected resources (e.g., CPUs, storage, and databases) across the campus Underutilized CPU and storage resources (e.g., at campus computer labs in off hours) Underutilized CPU and storage resources (e.g., at campus computer labs in off hours) Lack of an infrastructure and a set of tools allowing researchers across the campus to collaborate on research activities and departments to share computing resources Lack of an infrastructure and a set of tools allowing researchers across the campus to collaborate on research activities and departments to share computing resources

11/15/04PittGrid3 PittGrid: Motivation An attractive environment to create a more unified computational space for all academic personnel to share in pursuit of research and teaching An attractive environment to create a more unified computational space for all academic personnel to share in pursuit of research and teaching An economically efficient, user centered (users will decide on how they prefer to participate in the environment and will have the authority to add and remove their own resources) computing environment An economically efficient, user centered (users will decide on how they prefer to participate in the environment and will have the authority to add and remove their own resources) computing environment As users interact with the grid and learn how to use it they will inevitably develop their own services and tools to meet their wants and needs As users interact with the grid and learn how to use it they will inevitably develop their own services and tools to meet their wants and needs

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11/15/04PittGrid5 PittGrid: Features Resource Location/Allocation Service Resource Location/Allocation Service Find suitable computing resources (CPU, storage, etc.) for their tasks Find suitable computing resources (CPU, storage, etc.) for their tasks Computational Service Computational Service Provide access to and utilize powerful computing resources available for compute-intensive tasks Provide access to and utilize powerful computing resources available for compute-intensive tasks Collaboration Services Collaboration Services Facilitate collaboration on research and teaching activities Facilitate collaboration on research and teaching activities

11/15/04PittGrid6 PittGrid: Plan Develop a prototype PittGrid in phases Develop a prototype PittGrid in phases Develop an infrastructure and a set of generic tools useful for the research community at Pitt Develop an infrastructure and a set of generic tools useful for the research community at Pitt Work closely with CSSD to design and develop PittGrid Work closely with CSSD to design and develop PittGrid Work with CSSD to maintain PittGrid Work with CSSD to maintain PittGrid

11/15/04PittGrid7 PittGrid Prototype: Partners School of Information Science School of Information Science Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Computing Services and Systems Development Computing Services and Systems Development Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Department of Chemistry Department of Chemistry Department of Pharmacology Department of Pharmacology Department of Physics Department of Physics

11/15/04PittGrid8 PittGrid Prototype: Phase I Objective Objective To provide the ability to access additional CPU time and memory in order to run complex calculations using existing resources To provide the ability to access additional CPU time and memory in order to run complex calculations using existing resources Functionality Functionality Allow users to submit jobs involving complex computations to underutilized CPU’s participated to the PittGrid network Allow users to submit jobs involving complex computations to underutilized CPU’s participated to the PittGrid network Upon submission of a job, this service would search for available workstations and clusters that participate in PittGrid and that can meet the requirements of the job Upon submission of a job, this service would search for available workstations and clusters that participate in PittGrid and that can meet the requirements of the job

11/15/04PittGrid9 PittGrid Prototype: Phase I Tasks Identify available resources Identify available resources Define membership policies Define membership policies Install the infrastructure (a middleware) Install the infrastructure (a middleware) Develop and customize the middleware Develop and customize the middleware Test the installed infrastructure Test the installed infrastructure Develop grid services Develop grid services Test the grid services Test the grid services