[gin-jobs] Standarized Execution Environment

[Erwin Laure]

Hi,

The GRIDVIRT-WG 
(http://www.ogf.org/gf/group_info/view.php?group=gridvirt-wg) is dealing 
with parts of these problems, I believe.

Cheers,

-- Erwin

Laurence Field wrote:
> 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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