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| Initial Talk for Gateway Project Review by ASC |
| Agenda |
| Overall Requirements |
| SC99 Goals and Timeline |
| Project Management |
| Related external Events |
| Test and Development Environment at ASC -- the TADE |
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| Agenda |
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| The Gateway Project |
| Dr. Geoffrey Fox |
| Dr. Tomasz Haupt |
| Dr. Ken Flurchick |
| Bill Asbury |
| Gateway Website: |
| http://www.osc.edu/~kenf/theGateway/ |
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| Overview |
| Goal: Provide DoD with a secure, problem oriented interface to more effectively utilize HPC resources from the desktop and Web browser. |
| Architecture for growth and changing needs: |
| commodity based |
| highly modular |
| extensible |
| Metacomputing environment that supports: |
| multidisciplinary problem solutions |
| collaborative tools |
| scientific visualization |
| Heterogeneous HPC seamless access: |
| underlying complexities hidden |
| science focused |
| expert guidance |
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| Top Level Requirements |
| Responsive to User |
| CTA Independent |
| Kerberos/SecurID Authentication |
| Interactive/Batch Jobs |
| Import/Export of Data Files |
| Information Facilities for Resources and Data Files |
| Multi-disciplinary Capability |
| Browser/Web Server Independent |
| Modular Design |
| Low Maintenance |
| Batch System Independent |
| HPC Platform Independent |
| Mass Storage Independent |
| Job Accounting/Allocation Compatible |
| Compliant with Emerging National Standards |
| Consistent with Metaqueuing |
| Reliance on Standards is Key for Gateway Design and Implementation Efforts. |
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| Initial Capabilities -- SC99 |
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| Project Structure |
| ASC Interoperability |
| Project Manager |
| External Review |
| Tech. Management |
| Requirements |
| PSE Dev. |
| Middleware Dev. |
| Back-end Dev. |
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| Project Manager Responsibilities |
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| Technical Management Team Responsibilities |
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| Development Team Responsibilities |
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| Additional Responsibilities |
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| External Reviews |
| DATORR - Collaborative effort between different Computer Science projects to enable a desktop access to remote resources, February 15-16, 1999 |
| Gateway Workshop -Technical review of Gateway architecture, May 24-25, 1999 |
| DoD Users Group - June 7-10, 1999 |
| Java Grande Conference - Use of the Java programming language for scientific and engineering computing and high-performance network computing, June 12-13, 1999 |
| Grid Forum - Informal consortium of institutions and individuals working on wide area computing and computational grids, June 16-18, 1999 |
| MAPINT - Symposium on Multidisciplinary Applications and Interoperable Computing, August 17-19, 1999 |
| ITEA Conference - Provides a forum for the government, commercial, and academic communities to share views on the impacts of information technology (IT), and using state-of-the art IT techniques to improve the test and evaluation process, September 21-24, 1999 |
| Reviews indicate sound architecture and great technical progress! |
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| Project Timeline |
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| Questions |
What designates the end of the "Proof of Concept" phase
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Proposed Date for Internal Demo and Technical Review
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Procedures to ensure development of robust interface specifications to easily enable the addition of new services, resources, and PSEs into Gateway
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| Related Initiatives & Projects |
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| ASC Test & Evaluation Environment |
| Compaq ES40 |
| IBM SP2 & SP3 |
| IBM, Compaq, SGI, and Sun Workstations |
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| Current Status of ASC TADE |
| NFS File Server -- Compaq Workstation (XP1000) |
| KDC Server -- Sun Sparc5 |
| DNS Server -- SGI Indigo2 |
| Networks -- ATM OC-3, Ethernet, FiDDI |
| HPC Resources -- Compaq ES40 (2 nodes, 2 proc/node), IBM Power3 (2 nodes, 2 proc/node), IBM SP2 (2 nodes, 1 proc/node) |
| Workstations -- Sun Sparc5, Compaq XP1000 |
| MSAS -- Not Available |
| Applications -- Existing applications as required by project |
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| Future Plans for ASC TADE |
| NFS File Server -- Dual SGI O200 |
| KDC Server -- Sun Ultra 10 |
| Networks -- ATM OC-3, ATM OC-12, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Ethernet, FiDDI |
| HPC Resources -- Compaq ES40 (2 nodes, 2 proc/node), IBM Power3 (2 nodes, 2 proc/node), IBM SP2 (2 nodes, 1 proc/node), SGI O200 (reconfig of NFS Server) |
| Workstations -- Sun Sparc5 (2), SGI Indigo2, Compaq XP1000 |
| MSAS -- Sun 450 (2), Storage Device |
| Applications -- Existing applications as required by project |
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| Task Status for ASC TADE |
| Kerberos/SecurID on all Systems -- Completed |
| PBS on HPC Systems -- Completed |
| Accounts -- Now thru Mid August (Asbury) |
| - Gateway account - Globus application account |
| - Kerberos token data - Developer accounts |
| - Web server application account |
| WebFlow Server(s) -- Now thru August 31 (Haupt/Pierce) |
| - Sun Sparc5 system identified - Gateway account |
| - Java |
| Jigsaw Web Server -- Now thru August 31 (Haupt/Pierce) |
| - ASC Security informed (Currently no CERTS) |
| - Sun Sparc5 system identified - Web server account |
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| Task Status for ASC TADE - Cont'd |
| Kerberized CORBA ORB -- Now thru August 31 (Haupt) |
| - Use 30 day evaluation copy to ensure functionality |
| - Incorporate into WebFlow Server(s) |
| - Incorporate into Browser(s) - Gateway/Developer's accounts |
| Globus Toolkit -- Now thru August 31 (Haupt/Sys Admin/Asbury) |
| - Identify root component(s) - All HPC systems |
| - Globus application account |
| CCM PSE -- Now thru Early September (Flurchick/Labinoski/Haupt) |
| - Web server-side servlets - Web server account |
| - Java & Java components |