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International Conference on Grid and Pervasive Computing

GPC 2009: Advances in Grid and Pervasive Computing pp 165–176Cite as

The Deployment and Maintenance of a Condor-Based Campus Grid

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Many institutions have all the tools needed to create a local grid that aggregates commodity compute resources into an accessible grid service, while simultaneously maintaining user satisfaction and system security. In this paper, we present the strategy used at Clemson University to deploy and maintain a grid infrastructure by making resources available to both local and federated remote users for scientific research. Virtually no compute cycles are wasted. Usage trends and power consumption statistics collected from the Clemson campus grid are used as a reference for best-practices. After several years of cyber-evolution, the loosely-coupled components that comprise the campus grid work together to form a highly cohesive infrastructure that not only meets the computing needs of local users, but also helps to fill the needs of the scientific community at large. Experience gained from the deployment and management of this system may be adapted to other grid sites, allowing for the development of campus-wide, grid-connected cyberinfrastructures.

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  1. Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA

    Dru Sepulveda & Sebastien Goasguen

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  1. University of Applied Sicences, Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Rue Prairie 4, 1202, Geneva, Switzerland

    Nabil Abdennadher

  2. Computer Science Department, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania

    Dana Petcu

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Sepulveda, D., Goasguen, S. (2009). The Deployment and Maintenance of a Condor-Based Campus Grid. In: Abdennadher, N., Petcu, D. (eds) Advances in Grid and Pervasive Computing. GPC 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5529. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01671-4_16

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