Distributed Graphics Pipelines on the Grid

  • Authors:
  • Ade J. Fewings;Nigel W. John

  • Affiliations:
  • Technium CAST;University of Wales, Bangor

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Distributed Systems Online
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Standard Grid technologies and the Chromium cluster graphics software are the building blocks of jgViz (Java-implemented GridVisualization) a Grid-based, distributed graphics pipeline system. Using the Metacomputing Directory Service to discover availableresources, jgViz schedules the best graphics pipeline available to suit the OpenGL application being run, launches the pipelinecomponents using the Globus Resource Allocation Manager, and monitors performance. Users interact with the system through a GUIimplemented using Java and the Commodity Grid Toolkit, enabling easy access to visualization resources.