[gsa-rg] GridWay Release

[Ramin Yahyapour]

Dear Ruben,

thanks for the information.

Ruben Santiago Montero wrote the following on 19.01.2005 11:02:
> Dear all, 
> 
> Below you will find the official announcement of the GridWay framework 
> development realease. Probably the internals/scheduling section could be of 
> your interest (http://www.gridway.org/internals.php). 
> 
> We are interested to contribute to the use cases document.

Just take a look on the existing use-case document. 
I would suggest that you consider use-case no. 1 as a template for your
contribution.

Best regards,
Ramin




> 
> Don't hesitate to check the rest of the website and download the software :-)
> 
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Ruben
> 
> <==========================================
> GRIDWAY PROJECT TO RELEASE GRIDWAY 4.0 DEVELOPMENT RELEASE
> 
> The GridWay Team is proud to announce the development release of GW4.0, 
> which incorporates improved functionality and robustness for interacting 
> with the Globus Toolkit services. More information and download at 
> http://www.gridway.org
> 
> All components developed as part of the GridWay framework are released 
> as "open source" under the GPL license to encourage innovation and pass 
> full freedom to our users.
> 
> BENEFITS
> 
> The GridWay framework provides a submission agent that incorporates the 
> runtime mechanisms needed for transparently executing jobs in a 
> Globus-based Grid. Its modular architecture for job adaptation to a 
> dynamic environment offers the following benefits: 
> - Easy to deploy: GridWay is a client tool that does not require new 
> services, apart from Globus basic services.
> - Easy to extend and adapt: GridWay modules allow its communication with 
> the Grid services available in a given testbed. In fact, it could be 
> used as a building block for much more complex service-oriented.
> - Easy to use: It is not bounded to a specific class of application 
> generated by a given programming environment, which extends its 
> application range and allows reusing of existing software.
> - Easy to scale: Its decentralized architecture gives the possibility of 
> boosting scalability.
> 
> REQUIREMENTS
> 
> GridWay framework does not require new system software to be installed 
> in the Grid resources apart from Globus Toolkit services. The framework 
> is currently functional on any Grid testbed based on the Globus Toolkit.
> 
> The client computer must reach the following requirements:
> - UNIX-like Operating System (i.e. Linux)
> - A running Globus installation, version 2.4-3.9.3
> 
> GridWay uses the following Globus Toolkit services:
> - Pre-WS and WS GRAM
> - GridFTP
> - MDS, when necessary by the Resource Selector
> 
> FEATURES
> 
> The GridWay framework offers the following functionality:
> - Unix-like: GridWay uses commands very similar to those found on Unix 
> systems and resource management systems like PBS or SGE.
> - Job control: With GridWay you can submit, kill, migrate, watch and 
> wait for jobs. Also, you can submit an array of jobs.
> - Error detection: GridWay automatically detects when a job has failed, 
> and allows the user to abort, retry o migrate it to a new machine.
> - Log information: Most relevant information about the jobs can be 
> obtained in the several log files that GridWay generates.
> - Programming: DRMAA subset support to develop distributed applications.
> ===================================================>
> 


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