g-Eclipse ETSI Workshop - GRID

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g-Eclipse ETSI Workshop - GRID

• Sophia-Antipolis, 24 May 2006

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g-Eclipse - overview

• Grid community
• Emerging technology
• infrastructure for e-Science

An integrated, Grid enabled workbench tool
for Grid application users, Grid
developers and Grid operators based on the
Eclipse platform

• Grid actors
• Grid users / e-Scientist
• Grid resource managers
• Grid application developers

g-Eclipse

• Eclipse community
• Based on a reliable eco system
• Very active open source community
• Big impact in and support from industry

University of Cyprus
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g-Eclipse - overview

• Grid community
• Emerging technology
• infrastructure for e-Science

An integrated, Grid enabled workbench tool
for Grid application users, Grid
developers and Grid operators based on the
Eclipse platform

• Grid actors
• Grid users / e-Scientist
• Grid resource managers
• Grid application developers

g-Eclipse

• Eclipse community
• Based on a reliable eco system
• Very active open source community
• Big impact in and support from industry

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Objectives
Development of an integrated platform for Grid
users, Grid developers and Grid operators using
the Eclipse platform
Integration of existing Grid tools from partners
in the emerging g-Eclipse framework
Exemplary support for the widely deployed gLite
middleware one OGSI compliant middleware (in
year 2)
Provision of the g-Eclipse framework for other EC
Grid projects
Integration support for third party developments
Fostering an open source project within the
Eclipse community
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Research Challenges

• Abstraction of the complexity of Grid middleware
• Defining standard actions for Grid actors
• Integration of different Grid tools in one
  platform
• Migrating Desktop, GridBench, GVK from CrossGrid
• Middleware (gLite, Unicore?, Globus?)
• Third party integration
• Simplification of access to different Grid
  resources

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Key technology advancements

• Reduction of the complexity of Grids
• for users
• for Grid operators
• for Grid application developers
• with an integrated workbench
• build on a reliable, industry-compliant
  foundation
• will make the Grid infrastructure invisible and
  transparently accessible and
• will lower the costs for usage, maintenance and
  development of the Grid infrastructure
• Build a framework/eco-system on standards to
  enable re-use

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Expected Results Impact
An eco system of tools to build Grid-enabled,
interactive graphical user interfaces
An eco system to speed up the development and
deployment of Grid applications
An eco system to reduce the cost of the
operation of Grid infrastructure resources
Wide adoption of this integrated eco system
g-Eclipse open source community to guarantee
sustainability of this eco system
Awareness of Grid technology in industry by using
one of their standard eco system
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g-Eclipse Standard

• GGF
• the User Program Development Tools-RG joined
  with Application Developers and Users-RG
  (APPS-RG)
• g-Eclipse will contribute to the definition of
  use-cases
• JSDL-WG
• g-Eclipse will follow and contribute
• OGSA-AUTHZ-WG, WFM-RG, GFS-WG, DRMAA-WG
• g-Eclipse will observe
• OASIS
• WSBPEL, WSRF
• g-Eclipse will observe
• (e-IRG)
• contribution with definition and recommendation
  best practises for the European Grid
  infrastructure