Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of MultiUser

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Jul 24, 2011, 9:57:02 PM (13 years ago)

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davea

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+= Multi-user projects =
+
+This document describes a set of BOINC server features
+that support projects with multiple users (i.e., job submitters).
+An example is science portals such as NanoHUB.org.
+
+The features support the following goals:
+
+ * The project's resources are shared fairly among users, based on quotas.
+ * Users have privacy: a user cannot see the computational results of other users.
+ * The access rights of a user (e.g., the applications to which they can submit jobs)
+   can be limited.
+
+Projects using these features would typically have the following structure:
+
+ * Users interact with the project through a web-based interface,
+   possibly served on a computer other than the BOINC server.
+ * The BOINC server is accessible only to '''administrators'''.
+
+== User identity ==
+
+Users are identified by BOINC project accounts (same as volunteers).
+Users can supply computing resources to the project,
+and this may affect their quota (see below).
+
+== Access control ==
+
+To submit jobs, users must be given access by administrators.
+This is done via the project admin web interface.
+Users may be given permission to submit jobs only to specific applications,
+or to submit jobs to any current or future applications.
+
+In the future, we may provide mechanisms by which users can create applications,
+and the access control system would be extended to control this capability.
+
+== User quotas ==
+
+Each user has a '''quota''' which determines how much computing resource they
+get if there is contention.
+Roughly speaking, if a set of users are contending for resources,
+the amount that each one gets is proportional to their resource share.
+
+Quotas are set by administrators, via the admin web interface.