Grid Computing: Techniques and Applications

by Wilkinson; Barry

• ISBN13: 9781420069532
• ISBN10: 1420069535
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-28
• Publisher: Chapman & Hall/

Summary

Based on the author's own course, this textbook is designed for a first course on grid computing at the senior undergraduate and first- year graduate levels. Unlike other texts on the subject, this book includes a lecture structure and student programming assignments. It covers security concepts, schedulers, and workflow editors, along with various grid-enabling applications. The author also explains how to design both a system infrastructure and a grid portal. The supplementary website offers useful resources for instructors, including PowerPoint slides and software.

Table of Contents

Preface
About the Author
Introdution To Grid Computing	p. 1
Grid Computing Concept	p. 1
History of Distributed Computing	p. 4
Computational Grid Applications	p. 12
Grid Computing Infrastructure Development	p. 14
Large-Scale U.S. Grids	p. 14
National Grids	p. 16
Multi-National Grids	p. 17
Campus Grids	p. 18
Grid Computing Courses	p. 18
Grid Computing Software Interface	p. 19
Summary	p. 27
Further Reading	p. 28
Bibliography	p. 29
Self-Assessment Questions	p. 31
Programming Assignments	p. 32
Job Submission	p. 35
Introduction	p. 35
Globus Job Submission	p. 38
Components	p. 38
Job Specification	p. 41
Submitting a Job	p. 48
Transferring Files	p. 55
Command-Line File Transfers	p. 55
Staging	p. 57
Summary	p. 59
Further Reading	p. 59
Bibliography	p. 59
Self-Assessment Questions	p. 60
Programming Assignments	p. 62
Schedulers	p. 65
Scheduler Features	p. 65
Scheduling	p. 65
Monitoring Job Progress	p. 69
Additional Scheduler Features	p. 70
Scheduler Examples	p. 75
Sun Grid Engine	p. 75
Condor	p. 81
Grid Computing Meta-Schedulers	p. 100
Condor-G	p. 100
Grid Way	p. 102
Distributed Resource Management Application (DRMAA)	p. 107
Summary	p. 110
Further Reading	p. 111
Bibliography	p. 111
Self-Assessment Questions	p. 112
Programming Assignments	p. 114
Security Concepts	p. 117
Introduction	p. 117
Secure Connection	p. 117
Password Authentication	p. 118
Encryption and Decryption	p. 119
Symmetric Key Cryptography	p. 120
Asymmetric Key Cryptography (Public Key Cryptography)	p. 122
Public Key Infrastructure	p. 128
Data Integrity	p. 128
Digital Signatures	p. 129
Certificates and Certificate Authorities	p. 130
Systems/Protocols Using Security Mechanisms	p. 140
Mutual Authentication and Single-Sided Authentication	p. 140
Secure Shell (SSH)	p. 141
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Protocol	p. 142
Summary	p. 144
Further Reading	p. 144
Bibliography	p. 144
Self-Assessment Questions	p. 145
Programming Assignments	p. 148
Grid Security	p. 149
Introduction	p. 149
Grid Environment	p. 149
Authentication and Authorization Aspects for a Grid	p. 151
Grid Security Infrastructure (GSI)	p. 153
Component Parts	p. 153
GSI Communication Protocols	p. 154
GSI Authentication	p. 156
GSI Authorization	p. 162
Delegation	p. 164
The Need for Delegation	p. 164
Proxy Certificates	p. 165
My Proxy Grid Credential Repository	p. 167
Higher-Level Authorization Tools	p. 170
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)	p. 171
Using Certificates for Authorization	p. 172
Summary	p. 174
Further Reading	p. 175
Bibliography	p. 175
Self-Assessment Questions	p. 176
Programming Assignments	p. 177
System Infrastructure I: Web Services	p. 179
Service-Oriented Architecture	p. 179
Web Services	p. 181
Concept	p. 181
Communication Protocols for Web Services	p. 183
Defining a Web Service Interface - WSDL	p. 184
Service Registry	p. 190
Web Service Implementation	p. 192
Web Service Containers	p. 192
Building and Deploying a Service	p. 193
Summary	p. 196
Further Reading	p. 196
Bibliography	p. 197
Self-Assessment Questions	p. 197
Programming Assignments	p. 199
System Infrastructure II: Grid Computing Services	p. 201
Grid Computing and Standardization Bodies	p. 201
Interacting Grid Computing Components	p. 202
Development of a Service-Oriented Approach	p. 202
Staieful Web Services	p. 203
Transient Services	p. 204
Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA)	p. 205
Purpose	p. 205
Open Grid Services Infrastructure (OGSI)	p. 205
WS-Resource Framework	p. 206
Generic Stateful WSRF Service	p. 209
Additional Features of WSRF/GT4 Services	p. 213
Information Services	p. 215
Summary	p. 219
Further Reading	p. 219
Bibliography	p. 219
Self-Assessment Questions	p. 220
Programming Assignments	p. 222
User-Friendly Interfaces	p. 223
Introduction	p. 223
Grid Computing Workflow Editors	p. 224
Workflows	p. 224
Workflow Editor Features	p. 225
GridNexus	p. 226
Grid Portals	p. 234
General Features	p. 234
Available Technologies	p. 236
Early Grid Portals	p. 239
Development of Grid Portals with Portlets	p. 241
Summary	p. 250
Further Reading	p. 250
Bibliography	p. 251
Self-Assessment Questions	p. 252
Programming Assignments	p. 255
Grid-Enabling Applications	p. 259
Introduction	p. 259
Definition of Grid Enabling	p. 259
Types of Jobs to Grid Enable	p. 260
Parameter Sweep	p. 261
Parameter Sweep Applications	p. 261
Implementing Parameter Sweep	p. 261
Using an Existing Program on Multiple Grid Computers	p. 265
Data Partitioning	p. 265
Deploying Legacy Code	p. 267
Exposing an Application as a Service	p. 267
Writing an Application Specifically for a Grid	p. 269
Using Grid Middleware APIs	p. 269
Higher Level Middleware-Independent APIs	p. 270
Using Multiple Grid Computers to Solve a Single Problem	p. 271
Parallel Programming	p. 271
Message-Passing Approach	p. 272
Message-Passing Interface (MPI)	p. 273
Grid-Enabled MPI	p. 282
Grid Enabling MPI Programs	p. 286
Summary	p. 288
Further Reading	p. 288
Bibliography	p. 288
Self-Assessment Questions	p. 290
Programming Assignments	p. 291
Internet And Networking Basics	p. 293
Linux And Windows Command-Line Interfaces	p. 303
Xml Markup Language	p. 315
Globus Installation Tutorial	p. 331
Glossary	p. 345
Answers To Self-Assessment Questions	p. 357
Index	p. 359
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