From Supercomputing to the Grid
| Televideo Plenary Speaker, | |
| Internet2 Meeting, | |
| Seattle, WA | |
| October 10, 1999 | |
The National Academic Usage of Supercomputers and Super-Networks Continues To Grow Exponentially
From Supercomputer Centers to the NSFnet to Today’s Commercial Internet
Prototyping America’s 21st
Century
Information Infrastructure
Layered Approach to
Building the GRID
Globus Project
History
Emerging Middleware for the Grid
| 1994-1996 | ||
| Preliminary Studies: I-WAY, Nexus | ||
| 1997-1999 | ||
| Creation of Initial Globus Toolkit (1998) | ||
| First Adoption / Deployment Successes | ||
| Partnerships With NCSA, NASA, Others | ||
| 2000-2002 | ||
| Push Concept of “Grid Services” Into Network | ||
| Development of Application-Specific Toolkits | ||
| Creation of True Grid Community (Grid Forum) | ||
Enabling Network-Aware
Middleware
for the Next Generation Internet
Creating the Virtual Machine
Room-
PACS National-Scale Enterprise Testbed
| High Speed Networking | ||
| Connecting Multiple Vendor Supercomputers | ||
| From Maui to Boston | ||
| Single Web Interface to User | ||
| Common Security / Authentication | ||
| Accounting / Metacomputer Director Service | ||
| Development of Scheduling Algorithms | ||
| Access to Files and Distributed Data | ||
| Remote I/O | ||
| Quality of Service Reservations | ||
Access Grid Virtual Group
Meeting Spaces
Making IP Multicast Audiovideo Really Work
The Next Step is the
Integration of
International Research Networks
| NSF Funded Interconnection Point to US Networks | |
| Managed by Alliance Sites EVL (UIC) and ANL | |
| Operated by Ameritech Advanced Data Services |
Access Grid
STARTAP Links Russia to Six US Sites
Biological Membranes and Molecular Docking From Batch to Interactive Computing
| Schulten’s Group Had Exclusive Use of 256-Origin for Several Weeks | |
| Largest NCSA User in Sept. | |
| Interactive Haptic Feedback | |
| Supercomputer as PC! | |
| Human in the Loop | |
| How to Extend This Science Mode from LAN to WAN? |
NCSA’s Largest Supercomputer
Team Requires
Grid Technologies to Enable Big Runs
The “Virtual Telescope”
Vision
Next Generation Scientific Instruments
Humanities & Social
Sciences Grid Drivers
Remote Exploration of Cultural Heritage
Coupling Distributed Teams
with
Computing, Datasets, & Remote Instruments
Corporations Use the Grid
For
Virtual Prototyping
From Supercomputing to the
Grid
Confronting Nature’s Complexity
Improving Severe Storm
Forecasting -
Using the Grid to Gather the Initial Data
The Grid Plus Capability
Computing Brings
High Resolution to Weather Forecasting
Next Step (Perhaps with
Internet2)
Link NEXRAD Radars with Nested Simulation
| Distributed data acquisition (NEXRAD radars) | |
| Distributed dynamic computing | |
| Distributed decision making and data dissemination | |
| Intelligent networking and data routing | |
Internet2 and
PACI
Potential for Much Greater Interactions
| Internet2 Projects Coupling with PACI | ||
| Science Projects Linking Data and Simulation | ||
| Humanities and Social Science Projects | ||
| International Collaborations | ||
| PACI Prototyping Deployed by Internet2 | ||
| Access Grid | ||
| Virtual Machine Room | ||
| Grid and Distributed Data Middleware | ||
| Internet2 & PACI Closer Coupling with NLANR | ||