Last modified: Thu May 31 14:58:08 BST 2007
Nick West
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GridTools: Overview

Computing on the GRID, like computing anywhere else, involves the following procedures:-
  1. Installing the software.
  2. Making the input data files available.
  3. Running jobs that execute the software, read input data files and write output data files.
In the LCG GRID context MINOS uses the following tools to accomplish each of these tasks.

Each of these tools can be used independently and outside a GRID context: RSD can be used to install code on a farm, DCM can retrieve files from the FNAL Enstore and Ganga can run jobs on PBS farms. So there is a forth component to GridTools:-

Eventually here will be found everything necessary to develop and operate GRID production systems based on the above tools. It will include scripts to set up the environment necessary to run the tools, either from a User Interface (UI) i.e. a front-end or a Worker Node (WN) i.e. back-end and also the jobs scripts that can be used as a starting point for GRID production work. For further information on using the tools in a GRID context see Grid Scripts.
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