Classification and implementations of workflow-oriented grid portals

  • Authors:
  • Gergely Sipos;Péter Kacsuk

  • Affiliations:
  • MTA SZTAKI Computer and Automation Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary;MTA SZTAKI Computer and Automation Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary

  • Venue:
  • HPCC'05 Proceedings of the First international conference on High Performance Computing and Communications
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Although several grid projects have the aim to develop portals that hide the complexity of distributed computing infrastructures, only few of these portals support workflow-based applications. The number of portals that enable collaborative workflow development or collaborative resource access is even lower. The paper introduces a model to categorize workflow-oriented grid portals based on two general features: ability to access multiple grids simultaneously and support for collaborative problem solving. The generic features of the different categories are discussed and the Globus-based implementations of the various categories are demonstrated by the P-GRADE Portal.