16th Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing (SBAC-PAD'04)
Scheduling in Bag-of-Task Grids: The PAU? Case
Foz do Igua?u, PR - Brazil
October 27-October 29
ISBN: 0-7695-2240-8
In this paper we discuss the difficulties involved in the scheduling of applications on computational grids. We highlight two main sources of difficulties: firstly, the size of the grid rules out the possibility of using a centralized scheduler; secondly, since resources are managed by different parties, the scheduler must consider several different policies. Thus, we argue that scheduling applications on a grid require the orchestration of several schedulers, with possibly conflicting goals. We discuss how we have addressed this issue in the context of PAU?, a grid for Bag-of-Tasks applications (i.e. parallel applications whose tasks are independent) that we are currently deploying throughout Brazil.
Citation:
Walfredo Cirne, Francisco Brasileiro, Lauro Costa, Daniel Paranhos, Elizeu Santos-Neto, Nazareno Andrade, C?sar De Rose, Tiago Ferreto, Miranda Mowbray, Roque Scheer, Jo?o Jornada, "Scheduling in Bag-of-Task Grids: The PAU? Case," sbac-pad, pp.124-131, 16th Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing (SBAC-PAD'04), 2004