And I would encourage BES to pick up this model as well. I was going to make
this comment on the BES document, if it ever would show up in public
comment.

-- Chris


On 20/4/06 08:15, "Andre Merzky" <andre@merzky.net> wrote:

> Quoting [Ian Foster] (Apr 20 2006):
>>
>> Chris:
>> I don't understand why SAGA is proceeding with a job state modeling effort
>> independent of BES. Can you explain?
>> Ian.
>
> Ah, but we don't :-)  SAGA has a very simple state model
> (new, running, done, failed, unknown).  However, the states
> have 'substates', which can be queried, and expose the
> complete BES state model.
>
> The simple model above only exposes those states which can
> be changed with SAGA calls.  As saga calls get added, e.g.
> for hold, more stated might get exposed on that level.
>
> Please have a look at
> http://www-unix.gridforum.org/mail_archive/saga-rg/2006/02/png00005.png
> I hope that state diagram makes that clearer.  I am not sure
> if it is in sync with the current BES states.
>
> Another post to exactly that topic is at
> http://www-unix.gridforum.org/mail_archive/saga-rg/2006/02/msg00131.html
>
> Cheers, Andre.
>
>
>
>> At 07:18 AM 4/20/2006 -0700, Christopher Smith wrote:
>>
>>      Hi all,
>>      Per Marvin's comments ...
>>      Here is a pointer to the proposal for modelling job states that I made
>> to
>>      the SAGA group last February.
>>     
>> [1]http://www-unix.gridforum.org/mail_archive/saga-rg/2006/02/msg00107.htm
>>      l
>>      -- Chris
>>
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>>
>>    1.
>> http://www-unix.gridforum.org/mail_archive/saga-rg/2006/02/msg00107.html
>>    2. http://www.ci.uchicago.edu/
>>    3. http://www.globus.org/
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