[GRIDCPR-WG] CPR Document - final call

[Ignacio Martin Llorente]

Thilo, Nathan, and Andre (and rest of the GRIDCPR group)

We really appreciate your effort to include our use case at this stage of
the procedure.

THANKS!

Ignacio M. Llorente
GridWay Project Chair

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: gridcpr-wg-bounces at ogf.org 
> [mailto:gridcpr-wg-bounces at ogf.org] En nombre de Andre Merzky
> Enviado el: jueves, 29 de marzo de 2007 18:38
> Para: Thilo Kielmann
> CC: gridcpr-wg at ogf.org; SAGA RG
> Asunto: Re: [GRIDCPR-WG] CPR Document - final call
> 
> The OGF editor sees no problem in including the use case,
> w/o triggering another public comment.  As Thilo,
> Nathan and me answered in favour of inclusion already, I'll
> go ahead to do that.
> 
> Eduardo:  many thanks! :)
> 
> Cheers, Andre.
> 
> Quoting [Andre Merzky] (Mar 29 2007):
> > 
> > I think it depends on what the OGF editor thinks about the
> > next steps: if we can proceed in the pipeline w/o going into
> > pub lic comment, we would not be able to significantly alter
> > content of the document.  If we have to go into public
> > comment again, it does not matter...
> > 
> > I'll ask the editor about the procedure, that will help us
> > to decide.
> > 
> > The usecase itself fits, IMHO, perfectly into the scope of
> > GridCPR, and would improve the document (by widening the
> > potential user base).
> > 
> > Cheers, Andre.
> > 
> > 
> > Quoting [Thilo Kielmann] (Mar 29 2007):
> > > 
> > > All,
> > > 
> > > I am not sure what to do with this comment. (And I am not 
> sure if we can
> > > do this, formally, at this stage of the process.)
> > > 
> > > Anyway, just for doing something reasonable, I am in 
> favour of adding this
> > > use case.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Thilo
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 03:23:58PM +0200, Eduardo Huedo 
> Cuesta wrote:
> > > > From: Eduardo Huedo Cuesta <ehuedo at fdi.ucm.es>
> > > > To: Andre Merzky <andre at merzky.net>
> > > > Cc: gridcpr-wg at ogf.org, SAGA RG <saga-rg at ogf.org>
> > > > Subject: Re: [GRIDCPR-WG] CPR Document - final call
> > > > 
> > > > Dear All,
> > > > 
> > > >  From the GridWay team, we would like to propose 
> another consumer 
> > > > use-case that we think is within the scope of GridRPC. 
> See below.
> > > > 
> > > > Best Regards,
> > > > 
> > > > Eduardo Huedo.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > 
> > > > GridWay Metascheduler
> > > > =================
> > > > 
> > > > The GridWay Metascheduler [1, 2], now a Globus project, 
> adapts job 
> > > > execution to changing grid conditions by providing 
> fault recovery 
> > > > mechanisms, dynamic scheduling, migration on-request 
> and opportunistic 
> > > > migration [3]. Migration is implemented by restarting 
> the job on the new 
> > > > candidate host, therefore the job should generate 
> restart files at 
> > > > regular intervals in order to continue execution from a 
> given point. If 
> > > > checkpointing files are not provided, the job is 
> restarted from the 
> > > > beginning. GridWay periodically retrieves to the client 
> machine or a 
> > > > checkpoint server (GridFTP URL) the restart 
> architecture-independent files.
> > > > 
> > > > Jobs submitted with GridWay could benefit from GridCPR 
> systems providing 
> > > > standard and uniform APIs and services for portable checkpoint 
> > > > generation and storage.
> > > > 
> > > > Functional requirements
> > > > . API for application state writing and reading.
> > > > . Services for failure notification.
> > > > . Services for checkpoint data management.
> > > > 
> > > > [1] GridWay Metascheduler. http://www.gridway.org/.
> > > > [2] E. Huedo, R.S. Montero and I.M. Llorente: A 
> framework for adaptive 
> > > > execution on grids. Software - Practice and Experience 
> 34 (7): 631-651, 
> > > > 2004.
> > > > [3] E. Huedo, R. S. Montero, I. M. Llorente: Evaluating 
> the reliability 
> > > > of computational grids from the end user's point of 
> view. Journal of 
> > > > Systems Architecture 52(12): 727-736, 2006.
> > > > 
> > > > Andre Merzky escribió:
> > > > > Hi groups, 
> > > > >
> > > > > as discussed earlier, we put some effort into the GridCPR
> > > > > documents, to get them back into the editor pipeline.
> > > > > Thanks to Nathan and others, both the CPR usecase and the
> > > > > cpr architecture document have now all public comments
> > > > > addressed, and are to be submitted to the OGF editor.
> > > > >
> > > > > The docs are supposed to represent groups consensus after
> > > > > submission, so, this mail is a one week final call on the
> > > > > mailing list:  please review the documents, and comment on
> > > > > them!   "speak now or forever hold your peace ..." :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers, Andre.
> > > > >
> > > > >   
> > > > > 
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> > > > GridWay, Meta-scheduling Technologies for the Grid! 
> http://www.gridway.org
> > > > 
> > > > **************************************************
> > > > 
> > > > Dr. Eduardo Huedo Cuesta
> > > > Departamento de Arquitectura de Computadores
> > > >   y Automática
> > > > Facultad de Informática
> > > > Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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> > > > 28040 Madrid
> > > > Spain
> > > > 
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