National Computational Science Alliance
“The Coming of the Grid”
Building a Computational Grid Workshop
Argonne National Laboratory
September 8-10,1997
1
Dr. Larry Smarr
Director, National Computational Science Alliance and
the National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Professor in the Departments of Physics and Astronomy
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
National Computational Science Alliance
Other Infrastructures
• Electrical Power
• Communications
• Petroleum
• Transportation
– Air
– Highway
– Railroad
• Physical Goods
– Manufacturing
– Supply Chain
– Inventory and Warehousing
• Banking System
National Computational Science Alliance
General Properties of Grids
• Inhomogeneous Node Distribution Function
– Supernodes
– Ubiquitous Smaller Nodes
• Caching Essential
• Variable Speed Pathways
• Created by Interactions
– Government
– Industry
– Invention
National Computational Science Alliance
Why Is There Chicago? -
Supernode on the Transportation Grid
• Railroad Infrastructure Required Caching
– Grain
– Livestock
• Caching Created Financial Markets
– Board of Trade
• Retailing Center Emerges
– Manufactured Goods Need Middleware
– Inventory and Redistribution
• Today Air Transport, Telecom Supernode
• Cronon, William. Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the
Great West
National Computational Science Alliance
Infrastructure Leaves its Mark --
a Century Later
Railroad
National Computational Science Alliance
Exponential Cascade:
From Leading Edge to Consumer Electronics
1985 Cray X-MP
Cost:$8,000,000
60,000 watts of power
No Built in Graphics
56 kbps NSFnet Backbone
1997 Nintendo 64
Cost: $149
5 watts of power
Interactive 3D Graphics
64 kbps ISDN to Home
Source: Silicon Graphics, 1997
National Computational Science Alliance
NSFNET 56 Kb/s Backbone (1986-8)
NCSA
NCSA
National Computational Science Alliance
NSFNET 1.5 -> 45 Mb/s Backbone (1988-94)
NCSA
NCSA
Backbone
1988-90: T1 to 13 sites
1990-94: T3 to 16 sites
National Computational Science Alliance
NSF vBNS and PACI -
Mutually Interdependent
NPACI
NCSA Alliance
Both NCSA Alliance and NPACI
Other High Performance Connection sites
Current vBNS “Backbone” sites
National Computational Science Alliance
EPSCoR and the
State Participation Problem
National Computational Science Alliance
• Leading Edge Centers
– Supernodes of the Grid
• Enabling Technology Teams
– Architects of the Grid
• Applications Technologies Teams
– Specifications for the Grid
• Education, Outreach, and Training Teams
– Content for the Grid
• Partners for Advanced Computational Services
– Support for the Grid
The Alliance is Prototyping
the National Technology Grid
National Computational Science Alliance
The National Technology Grid
National Computational Science Alliance
Projected NCSA Alliance Interconnection
NCSA
NCSA
EVL/UIC
ANL
ANL
GaTech
Colorado
Rice/UH/Baylor
Michigan
Penn
Minnesota Kentucky
OSC
OSC
KANSA
Old Dominion
UNM/MHPCC
UNM/MHPCC
Washington
SURA
ESNet
DREN
DS-3
ET/AT LdgEdge
LdgEdge
Regional
Wisc.
Wisc.
vBNS
Add’l
ET/AT
OC-12
OC-48
User community primarily
Internet-II but spread throughout.
STAR-TAP
MREN
Other agency,
International
NCSA planning
MREN and AAInet
connections in 97.
BU
BU
National Computational Science Alliance
Exponential Growth in National User Demand
Will Drive Grid Capabilities
10,000
100,000
1,000,000
10,000,000
100,000,000
1,000,000,000
1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
Fiscal Year
Normalized
CPU
Hours
10 Teraflops
NSF Centers
Total Annual Usage
Source: Quantum Research Database
PVP
MPP
SMP
DSM
National Computational Science Alliance
•Rotating Turbulent Gas Ball Model of the Sun
•Nine Day Run on NCSA Origin (128-processors)
•Generated 2 Terabytes of Data, LCSE Visualized in 3 Days
Dave Porter, Paul Woodward, et al., LCSE, Univ of Minnesota, June 1997
Computational Scientists Need the Grid
National Computational Science Alliance
Experimental Scientists Need the Grid
Rachael Brady, NCSA I-WAY ‘95
National Computational Science Alliance
Observational Scientists Need the Grid
BIMA, Courtesy Richard Crutcher, UIUC
National Computational Science Alliance
Virtual Manufacturing Needs the Grid
Customer
Manufacturing
Facility
Supplier
Designer ATM Network
Source: Kem Ahlers, Caterpillar
National Computational Science Alliance
The Environment Needs the Grid
• Environmental Modeling in Shared VR-space
– Chesapeake Bay Simulations and Databases
ImmersaDesks
vBNS
DREN
SGI Onyx
(NCSA)
SGI Onyx
(CEWES)
Integrated M-Bone Videoteleconferencing
Data courtesy Old Dominion University
Images produced by John Shalf, NCSA
SGI Onyx
(Old Dominion)
SGI Onyx
(U. Wisc)
National Computational Science Alliance
Trainers and Educators Need the Grid
155 Mbps vBNS
Image from EVL
National Computational Science Alliance
Kids Need the Grid
NICE--Jason Leigh-EVL, UIC http://www.ice.eecs.uic.edu/~nice/
National Computational Science Alliance
States Need the Grid
http://www.aldea.com/cenic/calren-2.html
National Computational Science Alliance
The World Needs the Grid
National Computational Science Alliance
American Consumers Need the Grid
National Computational Science Alliance
The Grid Needs YOU
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Indices/Spotlight/
Features/feature_CAVERNUS.html
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• Hypernews Forums
• User Lists
• Application Galleries
• Shared Programs

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The Coming of the Grid - September 8-10,1997

  • 1. National Computational Science Alliance “The Coming of the Grid” Building a Computational Grid Workshop Argonne National Laboratory September 8-10,1997 1 Dr. Larry Smarr Director, National Computational Science Alliance and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications Professor in the Departments of Physics and Astronomy University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • 2. National Computational Science Alliance Other Infrastructures • Electrical Power • Communications • Petroleum • Transportation – Air – Highway – Railroad • Physical Goods – Manufacturing – Supply Chain – Inventory and Warehousing • Banking System
  • 3. National Computational Science Alliance General Properties of Grids • Inhomogeneous Node Distribution Function – Supernodes – Ubiquitous Smaller Nodes • Caching Essential • Variable Speed Pathways • Created by Interactions – Government – Industry – Invention
  • 4. National Computational Science Alliance Why Is There Chicago? - Supernode on the Transportation Grid • Railroad Infrastructure Required Caching – Grain – Livestock • Caching Created Financial Markets – Board of Trade • Retailing Center Emerges – Manufactured Goods Need Middleware – Inventory and Redistribution • Today Air Transport, Telecom Supernode • Cronon, William. Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West
  • 5. National Computational Science Alliance Infrastructure Leaves its Mark -- a Century Later Railroad
  • 6. National Computational Science Alliance Exponential Cascade: From Leading Edge to Consumer Electronics 1985 Cray X-MP Cost:$8,000,000 60,000 watts of power No Built in Graphics 56 kbps NSFnet Backbone 1997 Nintendo 64 Cost: $149 5 watts of power Interactive 3D Graphics 64 kbps ISDN to Home Source: Silicon Graphics, 1997
  • 7. National Computational Science Alliance NSFNET 56 Kb/s Backbone (1986-8) NCSA NCSA
  • 8. National Computational Science Alliance NSFNET 1.5 -> 45 Mb/s Backbone (1988-94) NCSA NCSA Backbone 1988-90: T1 to 13 sites 1990-94: T3 to 16 sites
  • 9. National Computational Science Alliance NSF vBNS and PACI - Mutually Interdependent NPACI NCSA Alliance Both NCSA Alliance and NPACI Other High Performance Connection sites Current vBNS “Backbone” sites
  • 10. National Computational Science Alliance EPSCoR and the State Participation Problem
  • 11. National Computational Science Alliance • Leading Edge Centers – Supernodes of the Grid • Enabling Technology Teams – Architects of the Grid • Applications Technologies Teams – Specifications for the Grid • Education, Outreach, and Training Teams – Content for the Grid • Partners for Advanced Computational Services – Support for the Grid The Alliance is Prototyping the National Technology Grid
  • 12. National Computational Science Alliance The National Technology Grid
  • 13. National Computational Science Alliance Projected NCSA Alliance Interconnection NCSA NCSA EVL/UIC ANL ANL GaTech Colorado Rice/UH/Baylor Michigan Penn Minnesota Kentucky OSC OSC KANSA Old Dominion UNM/MHPCC UNM/MHPCC Washington SURA ESNet DREN DS-3 ET/AT LdgEdge LdgEdge Regional Wisc. Wisc. vBNS Add’l ET/AT OC-12 OC-48 User community primarily Internet-II but spread throughout. STAR-TAP MREN Other agency, International NCSA planning MREN and AAInet connections in 97. BU BU
  • 14. National Computational Science Alliance Exponential Growth in National User Demand Will Drive Grid Capabilities 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 100,000,000 1,000,000,000 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 Fiscal Year Normalized CPU Hours 10 Teraflops NSF Centers Total Annual Usage Source: Quantum Research Database PVP MPP SMP DSM
  • 15. National Computational Science Alliance •Rotating Turbulent Gas Ball Model of the Sun •Nine Day Run on NCSA Origin (128-processors) •Generated 2 Terabytes of Data, LCSE Visualized in 3 Days Dave Porter, Paul Woodward, et al., LCSE, Univ of Minnesota, June 1997 Computational Scientists Need the Grid
  • 16. National Computational Science Alliance Experimental Scientists Need the Grid Rachael Brady, NCSA I-WAY ‘95
  • 17. National Computational Science Alliance Observational Scientists Need the Grid BIMA, Courtesy Richard Crutcher, UIUC
  • 18. National Computational Science Alliance Virtual Manufacturing Needs the Grid Customer Manufacturing Facility Supplier Designer ATM Network Source: Kem Ahlers, Caterpillar
  • 19. National Computational Science Alliance The Environment Needs the Grid • Environmental Modeling in Shared VR-space – Chesapeake Bay Simulations and Databases ImmersaDesks vBNS DREN SGI Onyx (NCSA) SGI Onyx (CEWES) Integrated M-Bone Videoteleconferencing Data courtesy Old Dominion University Images produced by John Shalf, NCSA SGI Onyx (Old Dominion) SGI Onyx (U. Wisc)
  • 20. National Computational Science Alliance Trainers and Educators Need the Grid 155 Mbps vBNS Image from EVL
  • 21. National Computational Science Alliance Kids Need the Grid NICE--Jason Leigh-EVL, UIC http://www.ice.eecs.uic.edu/~nice/
  • 22. National Computational Science Alliance States Need the Grid http://www.aldea.com/cenic/calren-2.html
  • 23. National Computational Science Alliance The World Needs the Grid
  • 24. National Computational Science Alliance American Consumers Need the Grid
  • 25. National Computational Science Alliance The Grid Needs YOU http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Indices/Spotlight/ Features/feature_CAVERNUS.html • CAVE and ImmersaDesk Systems • Hypernews Forums • User Lists • Application Galleries • Shared Programs