globus-tutorial

The Globus Toolkit™A Guide toA software toolkit addressing key technicalproblems in the development of Grid enabledThe Globus Toolkit™tools, services, and applications– Offer a modular “bag of technologies”– Enable incremental development of grid-enabled tools and applicationsThe Globus Project™– Implement standard Grid protocols and APIsArgonne National LaboratoryUSC Information Sciences Institute – Make available under liberal open sourcelicensehttp://www.globus.org/Copyright (c) 2002 University of Chicago and The University of Southern California. All Rights Reserved.This presentation is licensed for use under the terms of the Globus Toolkit Public License.See http://www.globus.org/toolkit/download/license.html for the full text of this license. Guide to the Globus Toolkit™March 17, 2002 2Page 1General Approach Key ProtocolsDefine Grid protocols & APIs The Globus Toolkit™ centers around fourkey protocols– Protocol-mediated access to remote resources– Connectivity layer:– Integrate and extend existing standards> Security: Grid Security Infrastructure (GSI)– “On the Grid” = speak “Intergrid” protocols– Resource layer:Develop a reference implementation> Resource Management: Grid Resource Allocation– Open source Globus Toolkit Management (GRAM)> Information Services: Grid Resource Information– Client and server SDKs, services, tools, etc.Protocol (GRIP)Grid-enable wide variety of tools> Data Transfer: Grid File Transfer ...