1. The HPC Basic Profile Steven Newhouse Microsoft Corporation

2. A Short OGF History Lesson… High Performance Profile (HPCP) WG – Formed – May 2006 – HPCBP 1.0 published – August 2007 – HPCBP 1.0 ratified – Spring 2008 Condor (ClassAds) Globus (RSL) Stephen McGough, July 2001 Globus (WS-GRAM) Unicore GridSAM Job Submission Description Language (JSDL) WG – Formed – Seattle, June 2003 – JSDL 1.0 published – November 2005 – JSDL 1.0 ratified – Spring 2008 Basic Execution Service (BES) WG – Formed – Seoul, March 2005 – BES 1.0 published – August 2007 – BES 1.0 ratified – Spring 2008

3. Microsoft Interaction with OGF Decision made to engage in HPC market – Probably 2004 Engagement with OGF by HPC Group – Late 2005/Early 2006 Microsoft Compute Cluster Server 2003 v1 – Launched June 2006 Microsoft HPC Server 2008 – Will be launched Summer 2008 – Will include implementation of HPC Basic Profile 1.0

4. Engagement Options Drive – Edit/Submit/Comment/Review documents Influence – Submit/Comment/Review documents Monitor – Review documents Ignore – Do nothing

5. Implementing the HPC Basic Profile From 1 st draft to Proposed Recommendation – Duration ~2 years HPCBP was only ~15 months – Develop prototype alongside specification Essential to make a good specification Do some interop to validate specification (SC06) Build experience on P-REC – Duration: minimum 6 months in OGF – Do more interop (SC07) to write experience document

6. Time & Money Prototyping – Time: ~0.25 FTE for 18 months – Money: Travel (Meetings, F2F, …) & Telecoms Experience Document – Time: ~0.25 FTE for 6 months – Money: Server for interop & Telecoms Into Product – Time: ~0.5 FTE for 6 months

7. HPC BP into Product There are still decisions to be made – Username & password – X.509 certificates Operational and Support model – Development, Testing, Documentation & Training Partners, Marketing & Adoption Does solution still meet use cases? – Continuous focus, but part of critical review

8. HPC Basic Profile 1.0 Shipped with Windows HPC Server 2008 – Available Summer 2008, beta available NOW! Uses Windows Communication Foundation Supporting: – HPC Basic Profile 1.0 – HPC File Staging Profile 1.0 – JSDL 1.0 – HPC Profile Application 1.0 – Basic Execution Service 1.0

9. Summary Standards can be vital part of a product Time to develop standards is not short – 2+ yrs – Product cycle 18-24 months Big difference between prototype and product – Interop needs to be continuous, but critical points Two main decision points: – Drive, Influence, Monitor or Ignore – Implement in product