Swift: Fast, Reliable, Loosely Coupled Parallel Computation Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:2983237, abstract = {We present Swift, a system that combines a novel scripting language called SwiftScript with a powerful runtime system based on CoG Karajan, Falkon, and Globus to allow for the concise specification, and reliable and efficient execution, of large loosely coupled computations. Swift adopts and adapts ideas first explored in the GriPhyN virtual data system, improving on that system in many regards. We describe the SwiftScript language and its use of XDTM to describe the logical structure of complex file system structures. We also present the Swift runtime system and its use of CoG Karajan, Falkon, and Globus services to dispatch and manage the execution of many tasks in parallel and grid environments. We describe application experiences and performance experiments that quantify the cost of Swift operations.}, author = {Zhao, Yong and Hategan, M. and Clifford, B. and Foster, I. and von Laszewski, G. and Nefedova, V. and Raicu, I. and Stef-Praun, T. and Wilde, M.}, booktitle = {Services, 2007 IEEE Congress on}, citeulike-article-id = {2983237}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/SERVICES.2007.63}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SERVICES.2007.63}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4278797}, doi = {10.1109/SERVICES.2007.63}, journal = {Services, 2007 IEEE Congress on}, keywords = {grid, workflow}, pages = {199--206}, posted-at = {2008-07-09 22:44:56}, priority = {2}, title = {Swift: Fast, Reliable, Loosely Coupled Parallel Computation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SERVICES.2007.63}, year = {2007} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:2983237 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2983237 N2 - We present Swift, a system that combines a novel scripting language called SwiftScript with a powerful runtime system based on CoG Karajan, Falkon, and Globus to allow for the concise specification, and reliable and efficient execution, of large loosely coupled computations. Swift adopts and adapts ideas first explored in the GriPhyN virtual data system, improving on that system in many regards. We describe the SwiftScript language and its use of XDTM to describe the logical structure of complex file system structures. We also present the Swift runtime system and its use of CoG Karajan, Falkon, and Globus services to dispatch and manage the execution of many tasks in parallel and grid environments. We describe application experiences and performance experiments that quantify the cost of Swift operations. JF - Services, 2007 IEEE Congress on EP - 206 TI - Swift: Fast, Reliable, Loosely Coupled Parallel Computation T2 - Services, 2007 IEEE Congress on SP - 199 KW - grid KW - workflow AU - Zhao, Yong AU - Hategan, M AU - Clifford, B AU - Foster, I AU - von Laszewski, G AU - Nefedova, V AU - Raicu, I AU - Stef-Praun, T AU - Wilde, M PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SERVICES.2007.63 ER -