Speaker
A. Garcia
(KARLSRUHE RESEARCH CENTER (FZK))
Description
The clusters using DataGrid middleware are usually installed and
managed by means of an "LCFG" server. Originally developed by the
Univ. of Edinburgh and extended by DataGrid, this is a complex piece
of software. It allows for automated installation and configuration of
a complete grid site. However, installation of the "LCFG"-Server takes
most of the time, thus hinder widespread use.
Our approach was to set up and preconfigure the LCFG-server inside a
"User Mode Linux" (UML) instance in order to make deployment
faster. The result is the "UML-LCFG-Sserver". It is provided as a
prebuilt root-filesystem image which can be up and running within only
with few configuration steps. Detailed instructions and experience are
also provided on the basis of tests within the CrossGrid
project. Altogether UML-LCFG makes it easier for a new site to join an
EDG/LCG based Grid by bypassing most of the LCFG server installation.
Primary authors
A. Garcia
(KARLSRUHE RESEARCH CENTER (FZK))
G. Tsouloupas
(UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS (UCY))
M. Hardt
(FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE (FZK))
