The Advanced Applications Clearinghouse demo of Health Sciences Applications for High Performance Ne

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The Advanced Applications Clearinghouse demo
ofHealth Sciences Applications for High
Performance Networking
The Association of American Medical Colleges and
Internet2 Arlington, VA March 9, 2001 George
Brett NLANR Distributed Applications Support
Team (NCSA/UIUC)
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High Performance Networks

• vBNS -- National Science Foundation High
  Performance Connections Program
• Abilene -- University Corporation for Advanced
  Internet Development / Internet2
• Next Generation Internet -- various federal
  agency networks (NREN, ESNet, DREN)
• Something New -- not really sure yet, but there
  will be something after vBNS Abilene for
  Research and Education

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Emerging National Technology Grid

• Networks
• high performance network services
• Computational Resources
• supercomputers, clusters, distributed computing
  resources
• Communications Resources
• Other Services
• Remotely controlled research equipment
• Immersive environments

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The Grid
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What are Advanced Applications?

• They deliver qualitative and quantitative
  improvements in how we conduct research and
  engage in teaching and learning
• They require advanced networks to work

c/o Ted Hanss, Internet2
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Suggested Application Categories
The Grid Blueprint for a New Computing
Environment. Foster, Ian Kesselman, Carl ed.
Morgan Kaufman Publ. Inc. San Francisco, CA 1998
ISBN 1-55860-475-8
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Some Technical Requirements
The Grid Blueprint for a New Computing
Environment. Foster, Ian Kesselman, Carl ed.
Morgan Kaufman Publ. Inc. San Francisco, CA 1998
ISBN 1-55860-475-8
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Application Attributes

• Interactive research collaboration and
  instruction
• Real-time access to remote scientific instruments

c/o Ted Hanss, Internet2
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Application Attributes(contd)

• Large-scale, multi-site computation and database
  processing
• Shared virtual reality
• Any combination of the above

c/o Ted Hanss, Internet2
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The ACCESS Grid

• Visualization
• Group Analysis of
• Scientific Data
• Virtual Reality
• Instrument Steering
• Chautauqua 99
• BU, UKy, UNM

• Collaborations
• Multiple Participants Share
• Applications
• Chat
• White Boards
• Presentations...
• Distance Training/Education

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Mission

• The primary goal of the National Laboratory for
  Applied Network Research (NLANR) is to provide
  application, engineering and traffic analysis
  support for the NSF High Performance Connections
  sites and the broad vBNS user community.

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NLANR IS

• An NSF Cooperative Agreement for
• Distributed Applications Support Team
• user applications support/optimization lead by
  NCSA/UIUC
• National Center for Network Engineering
• end-to-end engineering support lead by PSC/CMU
• Measurement and Operations Analysis Team
• network performance characterization lead by
  SDSC/UCSD

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NLANR-MOAT

• Improving our understanding of service models,
  service metrics, and tool requirements
• Searching for macro-level insights into high
  performance internetworking
• http//moat.nlanr.net/

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NLANR-MOAT Focus Areas

• Passive Network Monitoring
• OCXmon
• Active Measurement Program (AMP)
• distribution of monitors
• Visualization
• Cichlid

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NLANR-NCNE

• Assist in the establishment and use of
  high-performance network connections (vBNS and
  Abilene)
• Help optimize overall end-to-end performance
• Provide information, training, and tools to
  manage high performance networks
• http//ncne.nlanr.net/

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NLANR-NCNE Focus Areas

• Direct engineering support
• supporting campus engineers
• on-call engineer to help solve problems
• specialists available to answer complex questions
• Education and Training
• vBNS Techs Workshops
• monthly multicast seminars
• http//www.ncne.org/training.html

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NLANR-DAST

• Goal is to promote the use of high performance
  networks (vBNS and Abilene) by
• support users and applications developers
• develop an Applications Clearinghouse
• develop training materials and documentation
• disseminate techniques to the applications
  development population
• http//dast.nlanr.net

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NLANR-DAST Focus Areas

• Support users and applications developers
• general usage and availability issues
• advanced applications development support
• problem reporting
• directory of available resources (people apps)

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NLANR-DAST Focus Areas

• Applications Clearinghouse
• develop a data base of applications people that
  use vBNS and Abilene
• identify affinity groups of users by discipline
  or shared technologies
• explore concept of User Services for advanced
  networks and computational resources

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NLANR-DAST Focus Areas

• Training and documentation
• Distributed Applications Workshops
• training materials/video available on-line
• extensive on-line information targeted to
  application developers
• Apps Support Help Desk
• basic users and advanced developers
• problem tracking and response coordination

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Application Development Support

• Develop
• example applications
• optimization techniques
• Advanced application development support
• Documentation training materials
• Directories of resources

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Some Current Projects

• Applications
• CACTUS - communications layer optimization of a
  large, distributed code.
• Middleware
• GLOBUS - Heartbeat monitor development
• Performance
• netlog library, viznet tools

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Prospective Projects

• CAPS/Oklahoma
• multiple HPC sites/systems, remote visualization
• Blood Circulation/Stanford
• remote steering visualization
• NT Clusters
• tying remote clusters together

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the Klearinghouse
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Klearinghouse
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George H. Brett II NCSA NLANR /
DAST ghb_at_nlanr.net http//www.ncsa.edu/ghb v.
703-248-0120 f. 703-248-0100
http//www.nlanr.net/ http//dast.nlanr.net/ h
ttp//ncne.nlanr.net/ http//moat.nlanr.net/