Main Sector of relevance\IRC classification 11. Sciences (Chemistry, Physics etc)


11.14 Technology and infrastructure of resource allocation to users in Grid- environment

Developers’ contact information

State Scientific Institution “The United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus”
6 Surganova Str., 220012 Minsk

Belotserkovskiy A.M.
tel. +375 (17) 284-21-71; e-mail: cic@newman.bas-net.by

Summary

Grid is a new technology broadening possibilities of current Internet which allows not only file exchange but computer resource as well (processor time, disk space), to provide assess to particular equipment. Basis of the Grid technology is unification of resources by creation new type computer infrastructure providing global integration of informative and computing resources on the basis of networking technology and customized software of intermediate level (between basis and application software) and standard services to provide reliable shared access to geographically distributed informative and computing resources (single computers, clusters, information storages and networks).

Description

Grid-technology development was specified by the follow conditions:
– need to resolvemplex scientific, industrial, engineering and business problems;
– rash development of transport medium network and technology of high speed data transfer;
– computing power availability in many organizations (supercomputer or, more usually, personal computer arranged as clusters).
Main directions of Grid-infrastructure use:
- effective use regulation of resource for small task, with utilization of computer resource which are temporary not in use;
- distributed computing, extra large tasks solutions which require huge processor storage budgets, memory, etc.;
- calculation involving large volume of geographically dispersed data, for example, in meteorology, astronomy, high-energy physics;
- workgroup computing with simultaneous participation of users from different organization.
Grid-infrastructure provides organization, maintenance and performance of the following tasks:
1. Link organization in different modes;
2. Information service providing delivery of information on the status of Grid- infrastructure itself;
3. Infrastructure flexibility;
4. Safety;
5. Resource management;
Use of the Grid-infrastructure provides integrate sources, storages and data sources (Fig. 1).

integrate sources
Fig. 1. Sources integration

Grid-sources comprise:
- computing resources;
- file memory resources;
- network resources;
- code storages;
- catalogues;
- software for application tasks solution.

Technology type

Technical advantages and economic benefits

Development and implementation of Grid-systems has strategic character. In the near-term prospect, the technology will enable crucially new computing device for high technology development in various spheres of human activity.
Use of Grid-technology can provide new approach to processing of huge volume experimental data, to provide modeling of the most difficult processes, visualization of large samples of date, complicated computer-intensive business application.
Integration technology of computer and storage resources are used to aggregate large volume of resources for cooperative and as a result economical use:
– possibility to provide large scale and prompt service of a wide range of users;
– reliability, since with the help of virtualization mechanism data replication and use of alternative resources may be performed.

Technology differentiation and uniqueness

1.To reduce decision-making time essentially in the course of analysis of financial and insurance risks.
2 To use computing resources available at the enterprise more effectively for modeling in pharmaceutics, biology, machinery- and aircraft industry.
3.To avoid extra charges on expensive equipment for weather forecasting and climate modeling.
4.To effectively manage computer park of geographically distributed subdivision.
5.To decrease production time

Context in which technology was identified

At the present time the technology is used to connect resources to European Grid-net and resources use in Belarusian-Russian “SKIF-Polygon.

Technological keywords

Grid, single resource, intermediate level software.

Development Stage

Intellectual property rights

Range of applications

Science, industry (machinery-, instrument-, aircraft industry, virtual tests), medicine (genetics and bio-informatics, pharmaceutics, oncology etc.).

Classifier Used at the EU Innovation Relay Centres

Preferable Regions

Practical experience

At the moment the technology is used to connect resources to European Grid-net and resources use in Belarusian-Russian “SKIF-Polygon”.

Environmental impact

None.

Type of collaboration sought

Terms and restrictions

On contractual basis. Development of telecommunication infrastructure, hardware support at the technology consumer’s expense.

Available technical assistance