Labs of the World, Unite!!!

@article{citeulike:1455137, abstract = {Abstract\ \ eScience is rapidly changing the way we do research. As a result, many research labs now need non-trivial computational power. Grid and voluntary computing are well-established solutions for this need. However, not all labs can effectively benefit from these technologies. In particular, small and medium research labs (which are the majority of the labs in the world) have a hard time using these technologies as they demand high visibility projects and/or high-qualified computer personnel. This paper describes OurGrid, a system designed to fill this gap. OurGrid is an open, free-to-join, cooperative Grid in which labs donate their idle computational resources in exchange for accessing other labs’ idle resources when needed. It relies on an incentive mechanism that makes it in the best interest of participants to collaborate with the system, employs a novel application scheduling technique that demands very little information, and uses virtual machines to isolate applications and thus provide security. The vision is that OurGrid enables labs to combine their resources in a massive worldwide computing platform. OurGrid is in production since December 2004. Any lab can join it by downloading its software from http://www.ourgrid.org.}, author = {Cirne, Walfredo and Brasileiro, Francisco and Andrade, Nazareno and Costa, Lauro and Andrade, Alisson and Novaes, Reynaldo and Mowbray, Miranda }, citeulike-article-id = {1455137}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10723-006-9040-x}, journal = {Journal of Grid Computing}, keywords = {grids, management, resource}, number = {3}, pages = {225--246}, posted-at = {2007-09-28 02:42:56}, priority = {2}, title = {Labs of the World, Unite!!!}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10723-006-9040-x}, volume = {4}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1455137 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1455137 N2 - Abstract  eScience is rapidly changing the way we do research. As a result, many research labs now need non-trivial computational power. Grid and voluntary computing are well-established solutions for this need. However, not all labs can effectively benefit from these technologies. In particular, small and medium research labs (which are the majority of the labs in the world) have a hard time using these technologies as they demand high visibility projects and/or high-qualified computer personnel. This paper describes OurGrid, a system designed to fill this gap. OurGrid is an open, free-to-join, cooperative Grid in which labs donate their idle computational resources in exchange for accessing other labs’ idle resources when needed. It relies on an incentive mechanism that makes it in the best interest of participants to collaborate with the system, employs a novel application scheduling technique that demands very little information, and uses virtual machines to isolate applications and thus provide security. The vision is that OurGrid enables labs to combine their resources in a massive worldwide computing platform. OurGrid is in production since December 2004. Any lab can join it by downloading its software from http://www.ourgrid.org. IS - 3 JF - Journal of Grid Computing EP - 246 TI - Labs of the World, Unite!!! VL - 4 SP - 225 KW - grids KW - management KW - resource AU - Cirne, Walfredo AU - Brasileiro, Francisco AU - Andrade, Nazareno AU - Costa, Lauro AU - Andrade, Alisson AU - Novaes, Reynaldo AU - Mowbray, Miranda PY - 2006//30/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10723-006-9040-x ER -