Standardised job submission and control in cluster and grid environments. (18th December 2008)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Troger, Peter; Rajic, Hrabri; Haas, Andreas; Domagalski, Piotr
• Is Part Of: International journal of grid and utility computing. Volume 1:Number 2(2009)
• Page Start: 134
• Page End: 145
• Publication Date: 2008-12-18
• Subjects: job submission -- job monitoring -- job control -- cluster system -- array job -- IDL -- interface definition language -- application programming interface -- grid computing -- standardisation -- Open Grid Forum -- DRM system -- DRMS -- distributed resource management -- DRMAA -- distributed resource management application API; Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing -- Periodicals; Electronic commerce -- Management -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; 004.605
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1741-847X

Abstract

Cluster and Grid environments mostly require the use of product-specific Application Programming Interface (APIs) to submit, control and monitor computational jobs. The Open Grid Forum standardisation body therefore has developed several specifications to fill the gap and enable developers to code to few standardised APIs. This paper discusses the details of one of these specifications, the Distributed Resource Management Application API. We compare the basic concepts of the finalised API to other specifications from the same area and explain issues and findings uncovered during the standardisation process.