Chan Huah Yong
USM
Why GRID Computing is
so important to Research
Communities
GRID ARCHITECTURE
Grid Application
Application Service Provider, Grid Service Provider,
Command Center, Bio-Informatics Application
Tools
Software agent (learning & reasoning),
Trader, Negotiator, Coordinator, Service Discovery
Service Management
Resource Allocation, Load Balancing, Monitoring,
Scheduling, Prediction, Reservation.
Resource Management
Grid Info-structure
Grid Infra-structure
Data management, Integration, Security
Advantages of Grid for Research
Communities
• Sharing of resources
– Services, Storage
• Distributed & Parallel Processing
– Speed up the processing
• Reduce the total cost of ownership
• Collaboration works
• Experiment result for publication
Experiences of USM to roll up a campus
grid
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Blue print
Deal with users
Deal with developers
Support
Maintenance
Challenges
Campus Grid Blue Print
PPKT
(Engineering Campus)
Computer & Storage Server
PPKT
(Health Campus)
PPKT
(Main Campus)
Computer & Storage Server
Computer & Storage Server
Grid Computing Lab
(School of Computer Sciences)
Computer & Storage Server
Research
Lab
Research
Lab
Research
Lab
workstation
Research Research
Lab
Lab
Research Research
Lab
Lab
workstation
workstation
workstation
Academic Staff
Students/
Undergraduate
Postgraduate
Research
Lab
workstation
workstation
Researchers
Research
Lab
workstation
workstation
Vision of the Grid Research Groups
• To be the grid satellite centre of the Northen Region,
one stop centre showcase of USM research
applications on grid and the contact point of
research collaborations between schools, research
labs, industries and universities.
Missions to complete
• To set up USM campus grid
– Main campus, engineering campus, and health campus.
• To have a strong linkage with the national grid
service provider (NGCC,MIMOS).
• To leverage on top of research and education
network MYREN.
• To work closely with regional research centres
(APSTC, NCHC, LIFC) and international working group
(PRAGMA).
Users’ Requirements
• Meet various researcher communities
• Totally different domains, requirements &
expectations
– Speed up, Services
• Different level of knowledge on grid
• Automation
Multi-discipline
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Engineering
Health
Mathematics
Computer Science
USM Campus Grid Projects
• Collaborators
– APSTC in Singapore, bio-grid. Appointed as APSTF.
– PRAGMA member, Universite de Franche-Comte,
France, SEAGF
– MIMOS, and other local universities
• Gear up collaboration between schools & centres
of multidiscipline:
– Pharmaceutical science, computer sciences,
mathematics, aerospace, electrical engineering,
Knowledge CT, etc.
• Common USM grid and e-learning portal
Grid Policy Negotiator
Management System
Resource Usage
Advisory System
Grid Meta scheduler
Data-Intensive
Grid Services (DIGS)
Grid & Mobile Computing
Developers
• Competency
• Tight resources
Supports
• Grants from various sources
– RU, MOSTI or collaborators
• Administrative
• Commitment
– Top down
• Computer Centre
Challenges
• Maintenance
– Quality of Service
• Deployment
• New technologies
– Multi core, dropping of hardware prices
• Team work
THANK YOU