Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of CondorBoinc

Timestamp:

Jul 27, 2012, 3:17:31 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

davea

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CondorBoinc

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+= CondorV: BOINC/Condor integration =
+
+This document describes the design of CondorV, extensions to BOINC and Condor
+so that a BOINC-based volunteer computing project can provide resources to a Condor pool.
+
+Goals:
+
+ * From the job submitter's viewpoint,
+   things should look as much like Condor as possible:
+   i.e. they prepare Condor submit files and use condor_submit.
+
+ * Exception to the above: applications to be used in this way must be set up ahead of time
+   on the BOINC server.
+
+== Issues ==
+
+CondorV must address some basic differences between Condor and BOINC:
+
+ * Data model: in the BOINC model, files have both logical and physical names.
+   Physical names are unique within a project,
+   and the file associated with a given physical name is immutable.
+   Files may be used by many jobs.
+   In Condor, a file is associated with a job, and has a single name.
+
+ * Application concept:
+   In Condor, a job is associated with a single executable, and can run
+   only on hosts of the appropriate platform (and possibly other attributes,
+   as specified by the job's ClassAd).
+   In BOINC, there may be many app versions for a single application:
+   e.g. versions for different platforms, GPU types, etc.
+   A job is associated with an application, not an app version.
+
+== Proposed architecture ==
+
+We'll use Condor's existing mechanism for sending jobs to
+non-Condor back ends.
+This will involve 2 components:
+
+ * A "BOINC GAHP" program.
+ * A new class in Condor's job_router for managing communication
+   with the BOINC GAHP.
+
+=== Implementation notes ===
+
+The BOINC GAHP will need to