Grid Computing for High Performance Computing (HPC) Data Centers

Abstract

This research project investigated techniques to develop a High Performance Computing (HPC) grid infrastructure to operate as an interactive research and development tool. Current HPC grid architectures are designed for batch applications, where users submit their job requests, and then wait for notification of job completion. In the batch environment, the user lacks direct control over the execution of their application. To meet this need for accessing and processing data interactively in near real-time, the Air Force Research Laboratory/ Information Directorate developed an environment that stresses 'near real-time' user interaction with the application. This involved evaluating the various developing protocols for interactive grid computing, using the Globus Toolkit, and then selecting the one with the most growth potential. The grid architecture was evaluated by assembling and demonstrating an in-house interactive demonstration grid using in-house cluster assets and existing code, to verify proper operation on a small scale.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA466685

Entities

People

  • Scott E. Spetka
  • Virginia W. Ross

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Central Processing Units
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Data Centers
  • Distributed Computing
  • High Performance Computing
  • Military Research
  • Network Computing
  • Operating Systems
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
  • Programming Languages
  • Web Service

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.