Thillai Raj Vice President MIMOS Berhad Bringing Super Computing Power Beyond the Internet: GRID Computing Malaysia s Knowledge Collaboration Platform
Computing Evolution
What is An initiative by the Malaysian Government for National Wealth and Value Creation via super computing power.
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Global Connectivity 2008 2006 2007
Global Presence Setting the standards for the GRID community
Grid Collaboration Global Collaboration User Connectivity for knowledge sharing & Data Grid Workflow concepts Peer to Peer Regional Op Centre for EGEE link Glite installation support and participation in the EUAsia Grid initiative Sensor Grid GeoGrid
Focus Areas Unified Gateway Computing Hardware MiddleWare
Components Management Applications Portal Workflow User Interface Scheduler Layer Middleware Accounting GMMS Security User Management linux Cluster 1 CCS Cluster 2 Fabric unix Cluster 3 Cluster n
User Interface ebiochem Automates repetitive tasks of scheduling multi-step processing Increases job success rate through a guided step by step job submission Hides the complexity, by reducing the learning curve of using the applications Provide online monitoring of job status anytime and anywhere
GMMS (Grid Monitoring Management System) Resource Trend Job Trend Management Applications GMMS Accounting User Management Security Resource & Job Snapshot
Fabric linux Cluster 1 CCS Cluster 2 Fabric unix Cluster 3 Cluster n Computing Hardware KGM GRID Networks/Collaboration Local Universities, Economic Corridors (North, Iskandar, East, SCORE,SDC) MYREN,PRAGMA, TEIN2, EGEE,OGF Heterogeneous Platforms SGI, IBM, HP, SUN Disaster Recovery MIMOS @ Kulim Technology Park
Global Connectivity Setup Universiti Utara Malaysia Universiti Sains Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Petronas University Malaya Universiti Teknologi MARA Multimedia University MIMOS@KHTP International Islamic University Malaysia MIMOS@TPM Universiti Tenaga Nasional Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Universiti Putra Malaysia Universiti Malaysia Terengganu GRIDed Resources MIMOS Technology Park and Kulim High Tech Park Shared resources via Pilot University Peer to Peer scheduling Connected Universities via MyREN (Malaysian Research & Education Network) Universiti Malaysia Sabah Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Artefacts Virtual Heart by UM Weather SImulation by UKM CFD by Proton Rendering by Les Copaque
Bridging the Digital Divide Jen-ii Jendela Informasi Internet Internet Information Window Thin client for the masses. Low cost to enable easy uptake. Provides a platform to the networked community WiWi (Wifi-Wimax) Enables the last mile connectivity to the rural areas Low cost deployment Provides a platform to network the community Links the user to the National GRID network.
Community Portals Community Portals Platform to share Platform to trade Platform to learn Platform to manage Platform to administer Platform to educate
Green IT Courtesy of BCS
Path of Evolution Green IT 2000s Next Cloud Computing New Era of SOE 1970s 1980s System Centric Era of Data Creation 1990s PC Centric Era of Data Sharing Internet Era of Information Sharing Grid Computing Era of Knowledge Communication Technology
Grids & Clouds Both can co-exist. GRIDs caters for the enterprise & scientific compute heavy applications. Specialized applications and configurations for specialized needs. Clouds are primed for services delivery. Easier to deploy, user friendly and service oriented.
Cloud A virtualized environment supported by a Service Oriented Infrastructure. Salesforce.com Google s Apps & Apps Engine Amazon s EC2 Apple s MobileMe
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