| | 1 | = Multi-User Project group notes = |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | == Remote job submission == |
| | 4 | |
| | 5 | We discussed how to extend BOINC's new remote job submission |
| | 6 | to match the capabilities of Legion and others. |
| | 7 | Items: |
| | 8 | |
| | 9 | * Add the ability to include input files directly |
| | 10 | in batch submit request XML messages. |
| | 11 | In some cases the BOINC server may be outside a firewall, |
| | 12 | and scientists' data files may be on inaccessible servers |
| | 13 | inside the firewall. |
| | 14 | |
| | 15 | * When retrieving the output of a batch, |
| | 16 | allow the user to fetch the concatenation of all the files |
| | 17 | rather than a zipped archive of them. |
| | 18 | |
| | 19 | * Add an RPC to get batch "meta-data": |
| | 20 | e.g., for each job in the batch: |
| | 21 | * host into (OS and CPU type, etc.) |
| | 22 | * time info (elapsed, CPU) |
| | 23 | * volunteer info (name) |
| | 24 | * which app version was used |
| | 25 | |
| | 26 | == Remote app creation == |
| | 27 | |
| | 28 | We then discussed the idea of remote app and app version |
| | 29 | creation, inspired by Natalia Nikitina's system. |
| | 30 | |
| | 31 | * We must keep track of which user added them |
| | 32 | * Access control: |
| | 33 | * Only designated users can add apps |
| | 34 | * Only the user who created an app can add versions of it |
| | 35 | |
| | 36 | The interface to add an app would include |
| | 37 | * beta test flag |
| | 38 | * choose replication level |
| | 39 | * choose validator (trivial, bitwise) |
| | 40 | |
| | 41 | The interface to add an app version would include |
| | 42 | |
| | 43 | * platform |
| | 44 | * plan class |
| | 45 | * version number |
| | 46 | * main program |
| | 47 | * need wrapper? |
| | 48 | * other files |
| | 49 | * file attributes (copy file etc.) |
| | 50 | * signatures |
| | 51 | |
| | 52 | == Job graphs == |
| | 53 | |
| | 54 | We discussed whether the remote job submission should |
| | 55 | support graphs as well as bags of tasks. |
| | 56 | The consensus was: no, this can be done by an agent |
| | 57 | in the portal that polls for job/batch completion, |
| | 58 | then submits new jobs/batches. |
