Paper Info
Title
ADEM: Automating deployment and management of application software on the Open Science Grid.
Abstract
In grid environments, the deployment and management of application software presents a major practical challenge for end users. Performing these tasks manually is error-prone and not scalable to large grids. In this work, we propose an automation tool, ADEM, for grid application software deployment and management, and demonstrate and evaluate the tool on the Open Science Grid. ADEM uses Globus for basic grid services, and integrates the grid software installer Pacman. It supports both centralized "prebuild" and on-site "dynamic-build" approaches to software compilation, using the NMI Build and Test system to perform central prebuilds for specific target platforms. ADEM's parallel workflow automatically determines available grid sites and their platform "signatures", checks for and integrates dependencies, and performs software build, installation, and testing. ADEM's tracking log of build and installation activities is helpful for troubleshooting potential exceptions. Experimental results on the Open Science Grid show that ADEM is easy to use and more productive for users than manual operation. © 2009 IEEE.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1109/GRID.2009.5353083
GRID
Keywords
Field
DocType
testing,software deployment,grid computing,application software,computer architecture,organizations,data mining,operating systems
Software deployment,Grid computing,Computer science,Software build,Installation,Software,Application software,Workflow,Grid,Distributed computing
Conference
Volume
Issue
Citations 
null
null
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.50
12
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zheng-xiong Hou1225.88
Jing Tie2172.83
Xingshe Zhou31621136.85
Foster Ian4229382663.24
Mike Wilde535122.09