August 2010 - gin@lists.ogf.org

[gin] FutureGrid Unicore 6/Genesis II endpoints
by Andrew Grimshaw 28 Aug '10

28 Aug '10

Colleagues, FutureGrid has as two of its many goals the creation of a Grid middleware testing and interoperability testbed as well as the maintenance of standards compliant endpoints against which experiments can be executed. We at the University of Virginia are tasked with bringing up three stacks as well as maintaining standard-endpoints against which these experiments can be run. We currently have UNICORE 6 and Genesis II endpoints functioning* on X-Ray (a Cray). Over the next few weeks we expect to bring two additional resources, India and Sierra (essentially Linux clusters), on-line in a similar manner (Genesis II is already up on sierra). As called for in the FutureGrid program execution plan, once those two stacks are operational we will begin to work on g-lite (with help we may be able to accelerate that J). Other standards-compliant endpoints are welcome in the future (no pun intended), but not part of the current funding plan. I'm writing the PGI and GIN working groups to see if there is interest in using these resources (endpoints) as a part of either the GIN or PGI work, in particular in demonstrations or projects for OGF in October or SC in November. One of the key differences between these endpoints and others is that they can be expected to persist. These resources will not go away when a demo is done. They will be there as a testbed for future application and middleware development (e.g., a metascheduler that works across g-lite and Unicore 6). I want to STRESS that these resources are just coming up and ARE NOT YET robust-full time endpoints. I invite the community though to help us find ways to test and use these endpoints. Andrew *Functioning here means that there are endpoints up that we have tested with respect to executing BES activities defined by simple JSDL documents, including file staging in the case of the Genesis II endpoints. Access control in the Genesis II case is via our normal mechanism. Straight HPC-Basic Profile access and access control via username/password can also be configured as needed. Documentation on these resources, as well as a process to use them more readily is not complete.

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[gin] WG: [Pgi-wg] Reminder & Agenda: PGI Telcon Today 2010-08-19; 3:30 pm CET
by Morris Riedel 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

FYI - highlight: >-- PLANNED AGREEMENT TODAY(!): >-- Major 3-4 use cases that will be taken initially into account when we map the top PGI requirements to major use >-- cases >-- -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >-- Von: pgi-wg-bounces(a)ogf.org [mailto:pgi-wg-bounces@ogf.org] Im Auftrag von Morris Riedel >-- Gesendet: Donnerstag, 19. August 2010 13:13 >-- An: pgi-wg(a)ogf.org >-- Betreff: [Pgi-wg] Reminder & Agenda: PGI Telcon Today 2010-08-19; 3:30 pm CET >-- >-- Dear PGI team, >-- >-- today will be our usual telcon: >-- >-- >-- (1) >-- Telcon-System and Screen-Sharing >-- >-- http://webconf.vc.dfn.de/ogf-pgi-wg/ >-- >-- No login is required. Just enter as 'guest' with your real world name. >-- >-- >-- >-- (2) >-- Proposed agenda: >-- >-- (a) >-- Debrief notes from the last meeting >-- >-- (b) >-- Debrief use case process, status, and review coverage, and feedback integration >-- >-- >-- >-- (c) >-- Focus discussion: prioritization of use cases that drive 80% of the requirements (major 3-4 use cases) >-- >-- PLANNED AGREEMENT TODAY(!): >-- Major 3-4 use cases that will be taken initially into account when we map the top PGI requirements to major use >-- cases >-- >-- >-- >-- (d) >-- Debrief glossary document & review process driven by Etienne (if time) >-- >-- >-- (e) >-- AOB >-- >-- >-- Your co-chair, >-- Morris >-- >-- ------------------------------------------------------------ >-- Morris Riedel >-- Deputy Division Leader >-- Distributed Systems and Grid Computing Division >-- >-- Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) >-- Info: http://www.fz-juelich.de/jsc/JSCPeople/riedel >--

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[gin] Reminder & Agenda: PGI Telcon Today 2010-08-12; 3:30 pm CET
by Morris Riedel 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Dear PGI team, today will be our usual telcon: (1) Telcon-System and Screen-Sharing http://webconf.vc.dfn.de/ogf-pgi-wg/ No login is required. Just enter as 'guest' with your real world name. (2) Proposed agenda: (a) Debrief notes from the last meeting (b) Debrief use case process, status, and review coverage, and feedback integration (c) Debrief glossary document process driven by Etienne (d) AOB Please feel free to add any other topic on the agenda that I may have missed. Your co-chair, Morris ------------------------------------------------------------ Morris Riedel Deputy Division Leader Distributed Systems and Grid Computing Division Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) Info: http://www.fz-juelich.de/jsc/JSCPeople/riedel

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[gin] Reminder & Agenda: PGI Telcon Today 2010-08-05; 3:30 pm CET
by Morris Riedel 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Dear PGI team, today will be our usual telcon: (1) Telcon-System and Screen-Sharing http://webconf.vc.dfn.de/ogf-pgi-wg/ No login is required. Just enter as 'guest' with your real world name. (2) Proposed agenda: (a) Debrief notes from the last meeting (b) Debrief use case process, status, and review coverage (c) Debrief glossary document process driven by Etienne (d) AOB Please feel free to add any other topic on the agenda that I may have missed. Your co-chair, Morris ------------------------------------------------------------ Morris Riedel Deputy Division Leader Distributed Systems and Grid Computing Division Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) Info: http://www.fz-juelich.de/jsc/JSCPeople/riedel

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[gin] GIN additional co-chair election process
by Morris Riedel 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

Dear GIN members, I really much appreciate that we experience more and more activities within the interoperability realm in the last year and that some of you already discussed with me SC2010 plans. Therefore, I believe it makes sense to fill the additional co-chair positions currently available in GIN to further push our interoperability efforts as well. The election of the new co-chairs is an open process and the group decides. But please keep in mind that these positions should be filled as soon as possible and that these individuals should really invest time in the activity. Hence, to support a faster election process, I already discussed with members of OGF and GIN folks possible candidates in the last months. I would therefore like to take the opportunity to recommend the group setup (in addition to my role) as follows: (1) I recommend that Steve Crouch (U o Southampton, UK) would be one of the additional co-chairs. Steve is active in GIN since a long time mainly though his major involvement in the continuation of the HPC-Basic Profile interop* demos under the GIN umbrella. His major work would be to further push these HPC-Basic Profile interop* activities and further extend them as best as possible. One example might be the integration of other specifications like the file staging profile over time; another example how we can augment this demo with a complementary compliance check. I already discussed this with Steve and he is willing to take this role once selected by the group. (2) In addition to Steve and myself, I recommend that Kazushige Saga (NII, Japan) would be one of the additional co-chairs. Kazu is actively working with us in GIN and its spin-off PGI with much enthusiasm. His participation, in OGF in general and in the context of GIN/PGI/HPC-BP demos in particular, is well known by colleagues in the interop* community and beyond. Furthermore, with having already two European co-chairs with Steve and me, Kazu would be a suitable candidate in order to demonstrate that GIN is actively steered from members beyond Europe as well. I already discussed this with Kazu and he is willing to take this role once selected by the group. Finally, please send me any serious objections (privately) to the proposed setup. If I do not receive significant objections until the end of this week (2010-08-06), I see this setup as being agreed by the group. Afterwards, I will be once again in contact with our 'OGF e-Research Function' vice president David Wallom (cc) to officially confirm the above recommended setup. Your co-chair, Morris ------------------------------------------------------------ Morris Riedel Deputy Division Leader Distributed Systems and Grid Computing Division Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) Info: http://www.fz-juelich.de/jsc/JSCPeople/riedel

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