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XML-RPC
LCG/gLite
AMGA client
Application user interface
(Web portal, command-line console)
AMGA metadata
catalog
Grid Application Platform (GAP)
DIANE
instance
DIANE
instance
WS-
WISDOM
Grid computing resources
(RB, CE, SE)
FIGURE 17.10
The system in use in the most recent challenges against H5N1 (bird l u)
showing the integration of the AMGA system. The layer with the DIANE and WS-WISDOM
is the component which controls the execution of the jobs on the grid. DIANE is actually a
component of the Ganga system.
and robustness in supporting multiple concurrent clients and its support
for grid security.
In the case of H5N1, the idea is to prepare for a fast-response system in
case of the appearance of dangerous mutation for humans. In 2007, the
system was demonstrated to perform as expected (delivering interesting
candidates to be validated in the laboratory). A typical challenge scans
several million ligands using hundreds of CPU-years in a month real time.
The result is a handful of promising preselected candidates for validation
in the laboratory.
17.7
As mentioned in the Introduction, the choice of grid technologies for com-
puting in the LHC program is a major milestone. The actual implementa-
tion of a production grid is making possible the spectacular growth in
usage also outside the HEP communities, as demonstrated by the EGEE
project. Close and successful collaboration of the HEP community with
other sciences in grid computing (in particular the adoption of solutions
in new areas) is a promising sign of the level of maturity and the potential
future of this technology.
Conclusions
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