Grid Appliance

Project Information

Discipline
Computer Science (401) 
Orientation
Education 
Abstract

The Grid Appliance is a self-configuring virtual, physical, and cloud appliance that is used to create ad-hoc pools of computer resources both within a local-area and across wide-area networks. It is used primarily to execute high-throughput, long-running jobs and to create virtual clusters for education and training.

Intellectual Merit

The Grid Appliance research will provide knowledge of grid configuration and automated resource management.

Broader Impacts

The Grid Appliance provides easy-to-access and hassle-free customization grid resources to researchers, scientist or instructors worldwide.

Project Contact

Project Lead
Panoat Chuchaisri (panoat) 
Project Manager
Panoat Chuchaisri (panoat) 

Resource Requirements

Hardware Systems
  • hotel (IBM iDataPlex at U Chicago)
  • india (IBM iDataPlex at IU)
  • sierra (IBM iDataPlex at SDSC)
 
Use of FutureGrid

Development and testing of Grid appliances for FutureGrid training/education/outreach

Scale of Use

A few VMs for testing Grid-appliance configuration

Project Timeline

Submitted
09/15/2010 - 15:25 
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