The European EGEE project has also adopted the Usage Record schema. The CSAR service (http://www.csar.cfs.ac.uk) generates UR-WG compliant Usage Records for each completed job, and uploads them into a prototype Resource Usage Service (see the RUS-WG working group). The UK's National Grid Service has committed to adopt the Usage Record schema. This is work in progress. Hope this helps, Stephen
-----Original Message----- From: owner-ur-wg@ggf.org [mailto:owner-ur-wg@ggf.org] On Behalf Of Laura McGinnis Sent: 19 January 2005 16:48 To: Glauco Ludwig; ur-wg@gridforum.org Subject: Re: [ur-wg] UR Schema
In the NSF's Teragid project, we use the schema to transfer usage data from the resource machines (at 9 different sites) to a central data repository. Different sites have different reporting practices: some sites collect and send atomic data, like CPU hours or wall time; other sites calculate usage based on an internal formula that corresponds to an NSF "service unit". Regardless of how the site measures "usage", the central database can collect a standard usage record for each job and then perform whatever calculations are needed to normalize everything into a single "teragrid unit". This maintains site autonomy while allowing for centralized management.
Is this the sort of information you were looking for?
thx LM
At 10:59 AM 1/18/2005 -0300, Glauco Ludwig wrote:
Hi all,
I work with computational grids, and I would like to know briefly how the Usage Record Schema is being adopted by the community; who is using it; and in which level the work is currently.
Thanks a lot, Glauco
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