Toni
- Extensions - requirements are training
- perspective - web interface is not general enough
- GPU Grid's Soap interface is general enough
David
- User Defined in this discussion is the Scientist
- Different categories of users
- Envisage a context where random volunteers can submit
- Need to control the scripts where users can inject viruses
Toni
- Users should not have ability to upload applications - this is a security risk
- Applications that accept scripts should be tightly restricted
Christian
- Extend template files w/ additional text.
- Soap can be used for a web page where scientist selects for
application to submit
- Scientist must provide a template
Toni
- Webpage for submitting:
1) Does not lend itself to batches
2) Output would not be able to retrieve on webpage
Christian
- Suggested a structure where input is packed in an archive, uploaded
to the server, uncompressed and used by job creation script
Zoltan
-Change Execution soap website
-Client executes application
-Master feeds the work
Toni
-Described how GPUGrid accounts for the priority of workunits. High
priority starves the lower priority
-Will release the Perl code
-Does not deal w/ scheduler code
-One should have a scientist's table that tracks various project
scientist information relevant to submissions
David
- Many options [for scientist's table], eg accounting, controlling
latency, throughput
Toni
-Not many scientists on GPU grid currently
Micheal Weber
-Leiden Classical has a drop-down menu
-submissions interface w/ limited characters
-Registers the heavy users
David
-Is Leiden a generic solution?
Christian
-Leiden uses a separate configuration file
Toni
-Computes the has of the file, avoid copying files, conserve space,
use hard links in the download directory
Kevin
-There should be a common mechanism to submit
Zoltan
-How to submit work remotely
David
-It would be good to have a standardized way
Toni
-Use MD5 checksum on the input files, store the hashes on the server
Jack
-What if there were a script to generate the templates, where user is
prompted for various parameters?
David
-Not the bottleneck for scientists
-Need to move the WU Generator and Assimilator off the server
-Keep the things we trust stay on the server

-- Jack http://drugdiscoveryathome.com http://hydrogenathome.org