Hi all, We are currently providing submitting jobs to different types of resources in Airavata (different computing resources) for each different type of resouce we have a host description. Ex: Localhost, GlobusHost and SSHHost. But we provide only single type of authentication mechanism and Job description for each. With the introduction of GSISSH it add number of other different ways of submitting jobs based on the authenticaiton mechanis, Job descriptor and Job manager. Here is the different options we have,
Authentication Job Scheduler Job Description GSI Gram RSL GSI Unicore JSDL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GSI Torch PBS SSHKeys Torch PBS GSI SLUM SLUM SSHKeys SLUM SLUM SSHKeys Torch PBS So we are going to support all of these different types of executions. So I want to bring up a discussion on how to handle all these scenarios. Easier way is to have different type of descriptor types like we have currently for all these methods of submitting jobs but it will be a waste of resource if a user wants to submit to same resource with different JD types and different authentication. Do we have a better idea wihch will not confuse the end user, and make it easier to run in different mode without big trouble. Lahiru -- System Analyst Programmer PTI Lab Indiana University
