Speaker
Dr
Akram Khan
(Brunel University)
Description
ASAP is a system for enabling distributed analysis for CMS physicists. It was
created with the aim of simplifying the transition from a locally running application
to one that is distributed across the Grid. The experience gained in operating the
system for the past 2 years has been used to redevelop a more robust, performant and
scalable version. ASAP consists of a client for job creation, control and monitoring
and an optional server side component. Once jobs are delegated to the server it will
submit, update, fetch or resubmit the job on behalf of the user. ASAP is able to
make decisions on the success of the users job and will resubmit if either a grid or
application failure is detected. An advanced mode allows running jobs to communicate
directly with the server in order to request additional jobs and to set the status of
the job directly. These features reduce the turnaround time experienced by the user
and increase the likelihood of success.
Author
Dr
Akram Khan
(Brunel University)
Co-author
Craig Munro
(Brunel University)
