September 2006 - jsdl-wg

Re: [ogsa-hpcp-wg] Minutes for OGSA HPC Profile telecon (Aug 18 2006)
by Donal K. Fellows 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

humphrey(a)cs.virginia.edu wrote: > OGSA HPC Profile Minutes – Fri Aug 18 2006 [...] > AI-HPCP-0818a: Donal Fellow to review HPC Profile Application. > Specifically to ensure that normative text use is correct. Also, adding > normative text. Hopefully done before the next JSDL call on Wed. As promised, I've reviewed the HPC Profile Application extension document and applied a few changes (though fewer than I originally thought). I've uploaded a change-tracked version to GridForge (in the JSDL documentation tree) which has my changes in it together with comments detailing a few issues that I think could do with addressing before it goes final. (Some comments just describe reasoning behind one or two of the changes I've made though.) https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/docman/do/viewDocument/projects.jsdl-wg/docm… The main thing of note I suppose is that I've beefed up the Security Considerations to state that it is important that the UserName element not be allowed to do end-runs around security. But that needs checking by someone else to ensure that I've not gone too far and required that implementations *have* a security context that could allow deduction of what username to use. That's just the sane thing to do... :-) Cc:ing the JSDL WG so that they can get a chance to review the doc (plus my comments) too. Donal.

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Teleconference, Sep 6 (2:30pm BST)
by Andreas Savva 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

We are having a call this **Wednesday (Sep.6), half-an-hour earlier** than the usual time; see bottom of email for complete details. A tentative agenda follows. Email the chairs if you want to add anything to this. The order may change since some members can attend either the first or the second half-hour of the call. 1. Confirm GGF18 plan (espl. people presenting/leading) See minutes of last call (8/16) for details. https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc13751?nav=1 2. Review Extension drafts - HPC Application draft worked on by the HPCP WG - Parallel Application (draft to be sent out soon) - Decide how to proceed with the Parameter sweep and with the Dependency proposals 3. Other business ----- Date: ** 6 September 2006 ** Time: 2:30pm BST / 9:30am EDT / 6:30 am PDT / 10:30pm JST Duration: 1 hour Dial-in numbers (toll): US: +1 718 3541071 (New York) or +1 408 9616509 (San Jose) UK: +44 207 3655269 (London) Japan: +81 3 3570 8225 (Tokyo) Complete dial-in information: http://tinyurl.com/eg48j Participant PIN: 4371991

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[wg-all] Mailing List Changes
by Andre Merzky 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

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Questions about JSDL specification
by Alain Roy 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Hello, I have been reading the JSDL specification, and I have a few questions about it. 1) I want to make sure that I understand "support" and "satisfy" as defined on page 7. If a system can parse a JSDL document, then it supports it, and if it can do everything requested by the JSDL document, then it satisfied it. Is that correct? 2) Just to make sure I understand support, when it says "The JSDL core element set contains the semantics for elements that are defined by JSDL 1.0. All elements MUST be supported by JSDL 1.0 compliant consuming systems.", that simply means that they need to be parsed, not that the need to be accepted, correct? 3) ApplicationName identifies the executable. I don't understand where the executable comes from. Do we expect that the underlying system can figure out which program to run from the name and version, and that it is pre-staged? Can applications bring their executable with them by staging it? Am I supposed to use the POSIXApplication element? I'm confused how this fits together. 3) When I specify the operating system: how do I specify linux version? Kernel version? Distro + version? Is it dependent on the underlying system? 3) IndividualCPUCount allows me to specify a range in terms of double: what does this mean? For example, if I specify that I want 3.14 CPUs, it's a legal specification, but I don't know what it means. Ditto for IndividualPhysicalMemory and IndividualVirtualMemory and IndividualDiskSpace. 3) I don't undersatnd IndividualNetworkBandwidth: bandwidth to where? Does this refer just to the local NIC? What if there are multiple NICs? 4) I'm confused how IndividualDiskSpace interacts with the filesystem element. The FileSystem element specifies how much disk space is needed on a particular file system: the IndividualDiskSpace says something about disk space, but not about where the disk space is located. Which disk space is it? What does it mean if I specify a FileSystem and IndividualDiskSpace? 5) I don't understand the difference between IndividualCPUCount and TotalCPUCount. Can I think of it as the number of CPUs on a single node, and the total number needed across all nodes? Or does it mean something different? 6) When I stage files, the destination might be a filesystem on NFS. If I'm running many jobs at the same time, the files might clobber each other unless I give the files unique names: is the user responsible for doing so, or is there some way to specify a unique identifier in the file name? For example, in Condor I can say something like File.$(Process) to get a unique filename based on the job id. Thanks for any assistance in understanding! -alain

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