Grid'5000: A Large Scale And Highly Reconfigurable Experimental Grid Testbed

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1 November 2006

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Published by SAGE Publications in The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications

Vol. 20 (4) , 481-494
https://doi.org/10.1177/1094342006070078

Abstract

Large scale distributed systems such as Grids are difficult to study from theoretical models and simulators only. Most Grids deployed at large scale are production platforms that are inappropriate research tools because of their limited reconfiguration, control and monitoring capabilities. In this paper, we present Grid'5000, a 5000 CPU nation-wide infrastructure for research in Grid computing. Grid'5000 is designed to provide a scientific tool for computer scientists similar to the large-scale instruments used by physicists, astronomers, and biologists. We describe the motivations, design considerations, architecture, control, and monitoring infrastructure of this experimental platform. We present configuration examples and performance results for the reconfiguration subsystem.

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