Advanced resource connector middleware for lightweight computational Grids

  • Authors:

  • M. Ellert;M. Grønager;A. Konstantinov;B. Kónya;J. Lindemann;I. Livenson;J. L. Nielsen;M. Niinimäki;O. Smirnova;A. Wäänänen

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Nuclear and Particle Physics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;UNI-C, The Danish IT Centre for Education and Research, Lyngby, Denmark;University of Oslo, Department of Physics, Blindern, Oslo, Norway and Vilnius University, Institute of Material Science and Applied Research, Vilnius, Lithuania;Institute of Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden;Structural Mechanics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden;University of Tartu, Institute of Computer Science, Tartu, Estonia;Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark;University of Oslo, Department of Physics, Blindern, Oslo, Norway;Institute of Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden;Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

  • Venue:
  • Future Generation Computer Systems - Special section: Information engineering and enterprise architecture in distributed computing environments
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

As computational Grids move away from the prototyping state, reliability, performance and ease of use and maintenance become focus areas of their adoption. In this paper, we describe ARC (Advanced Resource Connector) Grid middleware, where these issues have been given special consideration. We present an in-depth view of the existing components of ARC, and discuss some of the new components, functionalities and enhancements currently under development. This paper also describes architectural and technical choices that have been made to ensure scalability, stability and high performance. The core components of ARC have already been thoroughly tested in demanding production environments, where it has been in use since 2002. The main goal of this paper is to provide a first comprehensive description of ARC.