A Virtual Simulation-Oriented Framework to Evaluate Metascheduling Policies in Computational Grids

J M Alonso, V Hernández, and G Moltó. A Virtual Simulation-Oriented Framework to Evaluate Metascheduling Policies in Computational Grids. In Proceedings of the International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED 2007), pp. 53, 2007.

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Abstract

Grid Computing technologies enable the aggregation and usage of geographically distributed computational resources to establish a collaborative framework to solve challenging scientific and engineering problems. Being a recent technology, Grids have become a priority research line in the major funding agencies. Also, universities are including Grid-related subjects as part of their program of studies. However, the inherent complexity of these technologies still represents a handicap to their widespread adoption. In this paper we describe a virtual framework that enables the students to learn the underlying concepts behind the issue of task metascheduling on computational Grids. This is a major topic when applying Grid Computing to the execution of computationally intensive applications. The paper describes the development of a service oriented simulation system that has been built on top of the GMarte metascheduler. The simulator enables the students to learn the different phases involved in the execution of a task on a Grid infrastructure as well to evaluate and define several metascheduling policies. This provides an education-oriented tool towards the ease of use of Computational Grids

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{Molto2007vso,
   abstract = {Grid Computing technologies enable the aggregation and usage of geographically distributed computational resources to establish a collaborative framework to solve challenging scientific and engineering problems. Being a recent technology, Grids have become a priority research line in the major funding agencies. Also, universities are including Grid-related subjects as part of their program of studies. However, the inherent complexity of these technologies still represents a handicap to their widespread adoption. In this paper we describe a virtual framework that enables the students to learn the underlying concepts behind the issue of task metascheduling on computational Grids. This is a major topic when applying Grid Computing to the execution of computationally intensive applications. The paper describes the development of a service oriented simulation system that has been built on top of the GMarte metascheduler. The simulator enables the students to learn the different phases involved in the execution of a task on a Grid infrastructure as well to evaluate and define several metascheduling policies. This provides an education-oriented tool towards the ease of use of Computational Grids},
   author = {J M Alonso and V Hernández and G Moltó},
   editor = {IATED},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED 2007)},
   pages = {53},
   title = {A Virtual Simulation-Oriented Framework to Evaluate Metascheduling Policies in Computational Grids},
   year = {2007}
}