Gridder is an open-source project consisting of a suite of portlets which are designed to enable users to submit jobs in a grid environment, without the need of an extensive technical background. It comes with a full manual and it also includes documentation produced during development, which addresses topics related to grid and cluster set up and configuration. Gridder seamlessly integrates with OGCE, as it was the focus during the whole development process.
Gridder was developed at a privately-held software development company in Argentina, where I work, and sponsored by a national scientific promotion agency.
Briefly, the Gridder project consisted of setting up a grid and a cluster from scratch, researching and applying that knowledge to some concrete development. That development was a set of portlets designed to simplify job submission tasks with end-user friendliness in mind, and a well defined separation of concerns from the user point of view (namely tasks and jobs), and from the technical point of view (namely the architecture and design). While there is a lot of improvement that can be made to them, you may find these portlets and the ideas they present useful.
Comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Many people have helped with this project by replying to emails I have been sending to mailing lists during the last year. To all of them, and to the whole grid and cluster community, the most sincere thanks.
Gridder is also now open to adding members interested in actively participating in the project.
If you would like to take a look at Gridder, please visit the Gridder web site at http://gridder.sourceforge.net and the SourceForge project site at http://sourceforge.net/projects/gridder
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