Grid Appliance
Project Information
- Discipline
- Computer Science (401)
- Orientation
- Education
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 MeritThe Grid Appliance research will provide knowledge of grid configuration and automated resource management.
Broader ImpactsThe 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
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- hotel (IBM iDataPlex at U Chicago)
- india (IBM iDataPlex at IU)
- sierra (IBM iDataPlex at SDSC)
Development and testing of Grid appliances for FutureGrid training/education/outreach
Scale of UseA few VMs for testing Grid-appliance configuration
Project Timeline
- Submitted
- 09/15/2010 - 15:25