SCHEDULE: NOV 10-16, 2007

GSIMF: A Service Based Software and Database Management System for the Next Generation Grids

Session: Posters Reception

Event Type: Poster

Time: 5:15pm - 7:00pm

Session Chair: Tamara K Grimmett

Author(s): Nanbor Wang, Balamurali Ananthan, Alexandre Vaniachine, Gerald Gieraltowski

Location: Ballroom Lobby

Abstract:
To process the vast amount of data from scientific research experiments, scientists rely on Computational and Data Grids; yet, the distribution, installation, and updating of a myriad of different versions of different programs over the Grid environment is complicated, time-consuming, and error-prone.

Our Grid Software Installation Management Framework (GSIMF) is a set of Grid Services that has been developed for managing versioned and interdependent software applications and file-based databases over the Grid infrastructure. This set of Grid services provide mechanism to install software packages on distributed Grid computing elements, thus automating the software and database installation management process on behalf of the users.

The GSIMF will contribute to a robust environment for various data intensive and collaborative applications, such as nuclear physics experiments, space science observations, and climate modeling. Our poster covers the architectural details of our GSIMF system and several case studies where it is been successfully deployed.

Chair/Author Details:

Tamara K Grimmett (Chair)
INL

Nanbor Wang
Tech-X Corporation

Balamurali Ananthan
Tech-X Corporation

Alexandre Vaniachine
Argonne National Laboratory

Gerald Gieraltowski
Argonne National Laboratory

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