[gin-jobs] Standarized Execution Environment

[Laurence Field]

Hi,

Yes, this is one approach but should be seen as an extension to this 
effort. We would still need to workout how to use the VMs on a worker 
node in a common way.

Laurence


Dave Berry wrote:
> Have you considered the use of virtualisation technologies such as Xen
> or VMWare?
>
> I've heard that VMWare provide a free package that allows you to wrap an
> application and all the libraries (and OS?) that it depends on so that
> you can run it on any machine - but I don't know the details.
>
> Dave.
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gin-jobs-bounces at ogf.org 
>> [mailto:gin-jobs-bounces at ogf.org] On Behalf Of Laurence Field
>> Sent: 28 March 2007 15:42
>> To: gin-jobs at ogf.org
>> Subject: [gin-jobs] Standarized Execution Environment
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> One of the problems that we found during the interoperation 
>> activities 
>> was with the different environments found on the worker nodes in the 
>> different grids.  Getting the jobs to arrive on the worker 
>> node is one 
>> problem, ensuring that the jobs run correctly is another and this 
>> problem has mainly been overlooked.  During the joint operations 
>> workshop in Bologna between OSG and EGEE this problem was 
>> brought up and 
>> discussed. The result was the following document which suggests 
>> standardizing the execution environment.
>>
>> http://edms.cern.ch/document/630962
>>
>> I have already scheduled a BOF at OGF 20 to discuss this 
>> issue further.
>>
>> Feedback on this topic is more than welcome.
>>
>>
>> Laurence
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