Design and implementation of network performance aware applications using SAGA and cactus

Shantenu Jha, Hartmut Kaiser, Yaakoub El Khamra, Ole Weidner

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Abstract

This paper demonstrates the use of appropriate programming abstractions - SAGA and Cactus - that facilitate the development of applications for distributed infrastructure. SAGA provides a high-level programming interface to Grid-functionality; Cactus is an extensible, component based framework for scientific applications. We show how SAGA can be integrated with Cactus to develop simple, useful and easily extensible applications that can be deployed on a wide variety of distributed infrastructure, independent of the details of the resources. Our model application can gather and analyze network performance data and migrate across heterogeneous resources. We outline the architecture of our application and discuss how it imparts important features required of eScience applications. As a proof-of-concept, we present details of the successful deployment of our application over distinct and heterogeneous Grids and present the network performance data gathered. We also discuss several interesting use cases for such an application -which can be used either as stand-alone network diagnostic agent, or in conjunction with more complex scientific applications.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationProceedings - e-Science 2007, 3rd IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing
Pages143-150
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
EventE-Science 2007, 3rd IEEE International Conference on E-Science and Grid Computing - Bangalore, India
Duration: Dec 10 2007Dec 13 2007

Publication series

NameProceedings - e-Science 2007, 3rd IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing

Other

OtherE-Science 2007, 3rd IEEE International Conference on E-Science and Grid Computing
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityBangalore
Period12/10/0712/13/07

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Software
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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