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Developing Resource Usage Service in WLCG

Developing Resource Usage Service in WLCG
Developing Resource Usage Service in WLCG
According to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of the World-wide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) project, participating sites are required to provide resource usage or accounting data to the Grid Operational Centre (GOC) to enrich the understanding of how shared resources are used, and to provide information for improving the effectiveness of resource allocation. As a multi-grid environment, the accounting process of WLCG is currently enabled by four accounting systems, each of which was developed independently by constituent grid projects. These accounting systems were designed and implemented based on project-specific local understanding of requirements, and therefore lack interoperability. In order to automate the accounting process in WLCG, three transportation methods are being introduced for streaming accounting data metered by heterogeneous accounting systems into GOC at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in the UK, where accounting data are aggregated and accumulated throughout the year. These transportation methods, however, were introduced on a per accounting-system basis, i.e. targeting at a particular accounting system, making them hard to reuse and customize to new requirements. This paper presents the design of WLCG-RUS system, a standards-compatible solution providing a consistent process for streaming resource usage data across various accounting systems, while ensuring interoperability, portability, and customization.
aggregate accounting, enabling grids for e-science, grid accounting, large hadron collider, open grid forum, resource usage service, usage record, worldwide lhc computing grid
0018-9499
451-460
Chen, Xiaoyu
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Khan, A.
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Wills, G.B.
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Gilbert, L.H.
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Chen, Xiaoyu
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Khan, A.
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Wills, G.B.
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Chen, Xiaoyu, Khan, A., Wills, G.B. and Gilbert, L.H. (2011) Developing Resource Usage Service in WLCG. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 58 (2), 451-460. (doi:10.1109/TNS.2011.2112775).

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According to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of the World-wide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) project, participating sites are required to provide resource usage or accounting data to the Grid Operational Centre (GOC) to enrich the understanding of how shared resources are used, and to provide information for improving the effectiveness of resource allocation. As a multi-grid environment, the accounting process of WLCG is currently enabled by four accounting systems, each of which was developed independently by constituent grid projects. These accounting systems were designed and implemented based on project-specific local understanding of requirements, and therefore lack interoperability. In order to automate the accounting process in WLCG, three transportation methods are being introduced for streaming accounting data metered by heterogeneous accounting systems into GOC at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in the UK, where accounting data are aggregated and accumulated throughout the year. These transportation methods, however, were introduced on a per accounting-system basis, i.e. targeting at a particular accounting system, making them hard to reuse and customize to new requirements. This paper presents the design of WLCG-RUS system, a standards-compatible solution providing a consistent process for streaming resource usage data across various accounting systems, while ensuring interoperability, portability, and customization.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 10 March 2011
Published date: April 2011
Keywords: aggregate accounting, enabling grids for e-science, grid accounting, large hadron collider, open grid forum, resource usage service, usage record, worldwide lhc computing grid
Organisations: Electronic & Software Systems, IT Innovation

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Local EPrints ID: 272009
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/272009
ISSN: 0018-9499
PURE UUID: a033bd42-c9dd-429f-98b8-a39d76724f81
ORCID for G.B. Wills: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5771-4088

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Date deposited: 11 Feb 2011 10:28
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:51

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Author: Xiaoyu Chen
Author: A. Khan
Author: G.B. Wills ORCID iD
Author: L.H. Gilbert

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