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Reducing the Human Cost of Grid Computing With glideinWMS

Authors:
Igor Sfiligoi
Frank Würthwein
Jeffrey M. Dost
Ian MacNeill
Burt Holzman
Parag Mhashilkar

Keywords: Grid; glideinWMS; human cost

Abstract:
The switch from dedicated, tightly controlled compute clusters to a widely distributed, shared Grid infrastructure has introduced significant operational overheads. If not properly managed, this human cost could grow to a point where it would undermine the benefits of increased resource availability of Grid computing. The glideinWMS system addresses the human cost problem by drastically reducing the number of people directly exposed to the Grid infrastructure. This paper provides an analysis of what steps have been taken to reduce the human cost problem, alongside the experience of glideinWMS use within the Open Science Grid.

Pages: 217 to 221

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: September 25, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4294

ISBN: 978-1-61208-153-3

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from September 25, 2011 to September 30, 2011