Applications AComponentFrameworkforHPC , Newhouse

AComponentFrameworkforHPC
Applications
JohnDarlington,StevenNewhouse,
NathalieFurmento,AnthonyMayer,
StephenMcGough
GridMiddlewareGroup
Londone-ScienceCentre
ImperialCollege,London
[email protected]

Outline
• ComponentsforGridComputing • AnExtensibleComponentFramework • SeparationofAbstraction&Implementation • Static&Dynamicinformation • Example:LinearSolver • Furtherdevelopments

Motivation&Background
• Griddevelopmentstypicallylow-level
services
• Lackofpenetrationintouserbase • Highbarriertoutilisation • Goal:
fromexplicit“handson”griduse
toautomatic,transparentuse

RequirementsofGridComputing
• Mobile
– Dynamic,unreliableresourcecontext
• HighPerformance
– Raisond’êtreofgridcomputing
• Accessible
– e-scienceportals,etc
– “ComplexResources” – “ComplexApplications” – “TransparentMapping”

Information!
• User:
– Who,what,when,where
• Resources:
– Availability,character,policy
• Application:
– Composition,behaviour,performance