1. Scalable Systems Software for Terascale Computer Centers
Problem
Resource
Management
Computer centers use incompatible, ad hoc set of systems tools
Present tools are not designed to scale to multi-Teraflop systems
Accounting
& user mgmt
Solution
Collectively (with industry) define standard interfaces between systems components for interoperability
Create scalable, standardized management tools for efficiently running our large computing centers
System
Monitoring
System
Build &
Configure
Impact
Revolutionize the way system software is designed and used.
Job management

2. Participating Organizations
ORNL
ANL
LBNL
PNNL
SNL
LANL
Ames
NCSA
PSC
SDSC
IBM
HP / Compaq
SGI
Scyld
Intel
Unlimited Scale
Main Web Site

3. The Architecture

4. Modular Architecture Framework

5. Project Working Groups
Main project notebook
Project subgroups “chapters”
Meeting notes and overall design ideas
Build and Configure
Building and configuring systems and information services
Resource Management
Resource management and accounting
Process Management
Process management, job accounting, checkpoint-restart and monitoring
Integration
Validation and integration of all components