Title :
Lambda Station: On-Demand Flow Based Routing for Data Intensive Grid Applications Over Multitopology Networks
Author :
Bobyshev, A. ; Crawford, Melba ; Demar, Phil ; Grigaliunas, V. ; Grigoriev, M. ; Moibenko, A. ; Petravick, D. ; Rechenmacher, R.
Author_Institution :
FNAL, Batavia
Abstract :
Lambda Station is an ongoing project of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology. The goal of this project is to design, develop and deploy network services for path selection, admission control and flow based forwarding of traffic among data- intensive Grid applications such as are used in High Energy Physics and other communities. Lambda Station deals with the last-mile problem in local area networks, connecting production clusters through a rich array of wide area networks. Selective forwarding of traffic is controlled dynamically at the demand of applications. This paper introduces the motivation of this project, design principles and current status. Integration of Lambda Station client API with the essential Grid middleware such as the dCache/SRM Storage Resource Manager is also described. Finally, the results of applying Lambda Station services to development and production clusters at Fermilab and Caltech over, advanced networks such as DOE´s UltraScience Net and NSF´s UltraLight is covered.
Keywords :
computer networks; grid computing; high energy physics instrumentation computing; middleware; network operating systems; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication network topology; Lambda Station; admission control; data intensive grid application; data-intensive grid application traffic; flow based forwarding; grid middleware; local area network; multitopology network; network service; on-demand flow based routing; path selection; traffic selective forwarding; wide area network; Admission control; Communication system traffic control; Joining processes; Laboratories; Local area networks; Middleware; Production; Resource management; Routing; Wide area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Broadband Communications, Networks and Systems, 2006. BROADNETS 2006. 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0425-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0425-4
DOI :
10.1109/BROADNETS.2006.4374315