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 EnginFrame
Resources can be any application, information or computing resource.
Physically resources can be identified to existing hardware, software,
computing clusters, etc.
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Resources
are activated and controlled by Agents, which provide different
services:
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Translate
user's "web-clicks" into specific actions to the operating system
or the application Example: |
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Convert
the results of these actions into an "XML-compliant" form Example
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The resource tier uses a plug-in mechanism to provide best integration
with underlying Computing resources. Currently agents are provided
to access:
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Any
Unix operating system (needs JVM support) |
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Platform
LSF (Load Sharing Facility) |
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Citrix
Nfuse/Metaframe |
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Grid/Globus
infrastructure |
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The
base building block of the portal is the Service, which is an XML
representation of any Computing related facility (e.g. a service might
be a FEM solver, a parallel CFD solver, a query to the LSF master
to find my pending jobs, etc.). |
