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TY - JOUR
T1 - GANGA
T2 - a tool for computational-task management and easy access to Grid resources
AU - Moscicki, J. T.
AU - Brochu, F.
AU - Ebke, J.
AU - Egede, U.
AU - Elmsheuser, J.
AU - Harrison, K.
AU - Jones, R. W. L.
AU - Lee, H. C.
AU - Liko, D.
AU - Maier, A.
AU - Muraru, A.
AU - Patrick, G. N.
AU - Pajchel, K.
AU - Reece, W.
AU - Samset, B. H.
AU - Slater, M. W.
AU - Soroko, A.
AU - Tan, C. L.
AU - van der Ster, D. C.
AU - Williams, M.
PY - 2009/11
Y1 - 2009/11
N2 - In this paper, we present the computational task-management tool GANGA, which allows for the specification, Submission, bookkeeping and post-processing Of Computational tasks on a wide set of distributed resources. GANGA has been developed to solve a problem increasingly common in scientific projects, which is that researchers must regularly switch between different processing systems, each with its own command set, to complete their computational tasks. GANGA provides a homogeneous environment for processing data on heterogeneous resources. We give examples from High Energy Physics, demonstrating how an analysis can be developed on a local system and then transparently moved to a Grid system for processing of all available data. GANGA has an API that can be used via an interactive interface, in scripts, or through a GUI. Specific knowledge about types of tasks or computational resources is provided at run-time through a plugin system, making new developments easy to integrate. We give an overview of the GANGA architecture, give examples of current use, and demonstrate how GANGA can be used in many different areas of science.
AB - In this paper, we present the computational task-management tool GANGA, which allows for the specification, Submission, bookkeeping and post-processing Of Computational tasks on a wide set of distributed resources. GANGA has been developed to solve a problem increasingly common in scientific projects, which is that researchers must regularly switch between different processing systems, each with its own command set, to complete their computational tasks. GANGA provides a homogeneous environment for processing data on heterogeneous resources. We give examples from High Energy Physics, demonstrating how an analysis can be developed on a local system and then transparently moved to a Grid system for processing of all available data. GANGA has an API that can be used via an interactive interface, in scripts, or through a GUI. Specific knowledge about types of tasks or computational resources is provided at run-time through a plugin system, making new developments easy to integrate. We give an overview of the GANGA architecture, give examples of current use, and demonstrate how GANGA can be used in many different areas of science.
KW - Grid computing
KW - Data mining
KW - Task management
KW - User interface
KW - Interoperability
KW - System integration
KW - Application configuration
KW - ENVIRONMENT
KW - FRAMEWORK
KW - PROJECT
KW - SERVICE
KW - HEP
U2 - 10.1016/j.cpc.2009.06.016
DO - 10.1016/j.cpc.2009.06.016
M3 - Journal article
VL - 180
SP - 2303
EP - 2316
JO - Computer Physics Communications
JF - Computer Physics Communications
SN - 0010-4655
IS - 11
ER -