Changes between Version 16 and Version 17 of OrgGrid


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Jul 15, 2008, 11:20:46 AM (16 years ago)
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teleyinex
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  • OrgGrid

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    33OGM (TODO: pick a better name) is a system for grid computing on organizational resources, using BOINC.
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     5[[Image(institution.png, nolink)]]
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     7OGM is focused in administer a set of BOINC enabled PCs resources from one institution (see the above image). An institution usually has:
     8 * PCs.
     9 * Different Departments or sub-organizations.
     10 * IT Managers for those PCs, usually one per Department.
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     12OGM main goal is to harness all the donated PCs from an institution to different BOINC projects. The BOINC projects will be chosen based on the institution tastes. For this reason, OGM will basically handle two main objects:
     13 * Pools of PCs.
     14 * BOINC projects.
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     16A Pool of PCs is a set of PCs. Usually, a pool of PCs will correspond to one laboratory which has for example 15 PCs. The Pool is basically a set that can be defined to create a group of PCs that share something in common like place, features, etc.
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     18The BOINC projects, are BOINC projects which can be institutional or foreign research projects. The idea is that an institution is interested in collaborate with BOINC projects by giving them BOINC resources.
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     20The institutions normally have different departments or sub-organizations. For example, the Math department from one company or university. The departments are a new level of grouping the computer pools. T
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    522OGM assumes that an organization, like for example a company or a university has the following items: