[Swift-devel] Status of coasters

[Michael Wilde]

On 2/13/09 9:17 AM, Mihael Hategan wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 08:59 -0600, Michael Wilde wrote:
>> -- Service submits via WS-GRAM. This should be tested, on sites where 
>> WS-GRAM is working.
>> This woild use jobmanager=gt2:gt4:{pbs/condor/sge}, and needs to be tested.
>> For sites where WS-GRAM is not functional, I suggested we consider 
>> configuring our own non-root WS-GRAM, ideally using already-installed 
>> GT4 software, eg, from the OSG package on OSG and TG sites where its 
>> installed. Mihael thought this would be considerable work. 
> 
> Not as much the amount of work, but:
> 1. getting root on sites (if installed for multiple users)

I was thinking/hoping we could have a single setup script, which we'd 
pre-install where required, that would configure and start a personal 
WSRF container for the user. Which would be work for us to create, 
install and maintain, but, if successful, would be transparent to the user.

> OR
> 
> 2. telling our users that they need to install a GT4 server in order to
> submit many jobs at once using swift.

No, that would not be a good route. If that was required, I'll call this 
alternative undesirable.