TY - JOUR
T1 - Grid'5000
T2 - A large scale and highly reconfigurable experimental Grid testbed
AU - Bolze, Raphaël
AU - Cappello, Franck
AU - Caron, Eddy
AU - Daydé, Michel
AU - Desprez, Frédéric
AU - Jeannot, Emmanuel
AU - Jégou, Yvon
AU - Lanteri, Stephane
AU - Leduc, Julien
AU - Melab, Noredine
AU - Mornet, Guillaume
AU - Namyst, Raymond
AU - Primet, Pascale
AU - Quetier, Benjamin
AU - Richard, Olivier
AU - Talbi, El Ghazali
AU - Touche, Iréa
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Large scale distributed systems such as Grids are difficult to study from theoretical models and simulators only. Most Grids deployed at large scale are production platforms that are inappropriate research tools because of their limited reconfiguration, control and monitoring capabilities. In this paper, we present Grid'5000, a 5000 CPU nation-wide infrastructure for research in Grid computing. Grid'5000 is designed to provide a scientific tool for computer scientists similar to the large-scale instruments used by physicists, astronomers, and biologists. We describe the motivations, design considerations, architecture, control, and monitoring infrastructure of this experimental platform. We present configuration examples and performance results for the reconfiguration subsystem.
AB - Large scale distributed systems such as Grids are difficult to study from theoretical models and simulators only. Most Grids deployed at large scale are production platforms that are inappropriate research tools because of their limited reconfiguration, control and monitoring capabilities. In this paper, we present Grid'5000, a 5000 CPU nation-wide infrastructure for research in Grid computing. Grid'5000 is designed to provide a scientific tool for computer scientists similar to the large-scale instruments used by physicists, astronomers, and biologists. We describe the motivations, design considerations, architecture, control, and monitoring infrastructure of this experimental platform. We present configuration examples and performance results for the reconfiguration subsystem.
KW - Experimental platform
KW - Grid
KW - Highly reconfigurable system
KW - P2P
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U2 - 10.1177/1094342006070078
DO - 10.1177/1094342006070078
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33750205459
SN - 1094-3420
VL - 20
SP - 481
EP - 494
JO - International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications
JF - International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications
IS - 4
ER -