[ogsa-hpcp-wg] Answers to HPCP Marketing Questions

[Murphy, Sara]

Hi All,
 
The write-up should indicate which booths on the show floor are involved
in the demo, and information about what is being run in each booth.
For example,   the HP booth has two clusters that are participating in
this demo:   
 
   1.  HP XC cluster, running Platform LSF
 
   2.  HP cluster running Microsoft CCS.    
 
We are also exhibiting the demo at a display station in the booth.
 
Thanks,
Sara
 


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Subject: [ogsa-hpcp-wg] Answers to HPCP Marketing Questions



John/Joel,

 

Here are answers to the first set of questions from your previous email.

 

Everyone,

 

Please feel free to comment and help fill out the "Who is involved?"
section.

 

Thanks

 

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What is the HPC Basic Profile?
 
The HPC Basic Profile is a proposed standard that is used to describe
how a particular set of specifications are composed to enable
interoperability between HPC systems for a specific set of operations.
It consists of references to existing specifications, along with
specific clarifications of the contents of those specifications,
restrictions on the use of those specifications, and references to any
normative extensions to those specifications. Examples of the operations
include the submission of tasks to a batch job scheduler, the retrieval
of a task's execution status and the retrieval of information about an
HPC system's resources. Specifications that are referenced by the
profile include the WS-I Basic Profile, the Job Submission Description
Language (an XML language for describing tasks to be run) and the Basic
Execution Service (a Web service definition of the operations). 

Why do people care?
 
The HPC Basic Profile enables interoperability between HPC systems from
different academic institutions, open source communities and vendors
within the scope of the operations defined in the specifications it
references. It leverages standard Web services protocols and development
environments. It enables organizations to more easily integrate HPC
systems into their existing environments, interface with HPC systems at
remote locations and leverage generic HPC utilities. The profile also
allows application and middleware software providers to target multiple
HPC systems via a single protocol. 

Who are involved?
 
The HPC Basic Profile SC06 Demo working group is part of the Open Grid
Forum. The following is a list of the participants and details of their
HPC Basic Profile implementation:
 
 
  Participant               Web Service Tooling (OS)
Scheduler (OS)   
  Globus                       ??
??   
  Fujitsu                        ??
??   
  Platform Computing   GSOAP (Linux)
LSF (Linux)   
  Microsoft                    Windows Communication Framework (Windows)
Compute Cluster Server (Windows)   
  Tokyo Institute of Technology   MS Web Services Enhancements (Windows)
SGE (Linux)   
  Unicore                      ??
??   
  University of Virginia   MS Web Services Enhancements (Windows)
Compute Cluster Server (Windows)   
  University of Virginia   MS Web Services Enhancements (Windows)
PBS (Linux)   
  University of Virginia   Jetty/Axis (Linux)
??  
 
NOTE: This is the list from the wiki and will change. Needs to include
each participants target OS, web service tools and scheduler.
 
What are we showing?
 
The SC06 interop demonstration shows interoperability using the HPC
Basic Profile between multiple 3rd party schedulers and Web service
platforms. Each participant's HPC Basic Profile Web service fronts a
compute cluster that hosts one or more applications. Demo stations are
setup at booths throughout the conference where tasks are submitted or
forwarded via the HPC Basic Profile to the compute cluster that hosts
the application requested in the task.



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