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Hi Ashiq, xrootd is a data access system only and has notion of jobs. The interesting thing is the structured peer-to-peer architecture that you can look at but there is no intend for a meta-scheduling approach. Cheers, Heinz Ashiq Anjum wrote: > I want to do data intensive Grid scheduling. For example, I plan to schedule a compute job that will do certain operations on a dataset. Should data be moved to job or job should be moved towards data or any other related decision making. > > My query is, can xrootd in any way become such a scheduling platform or it will remain only a data access mechanism in which scheduler will request xrootd to access cetain datasets? > > cheers, > Ashiq Anjum > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerome LAURET [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Mon 6/12/2006 9:21 PM > To: Ashiq Anjum > Cc: Peter Elmer; [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Scheduling with xrootd > > > What does "grid scheduling with Xrootd" means ??? You > need to expand really. There are Meta-Schedulers aimed to do > diverse task (including scheduling where the data is if knowledge > is available). Xrootd could "place" the data bringing it from a > distance or MSS. > > What are you after ?? > > Ashiq Anjum wrote: > >> Hi Peter, >> >> Thanks for your quickly reply. >> >> Actually I want to know can i do Grid Scheduling with xrootd? Is that possible with PROOF? >> >> cheers, >> >> Ashiq Anjum >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Peter Elmer [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >> Sent: Mon 6/12/2006 9:01 PM >> To: Ashiq Anjum >> Cc: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: Scheduling with xrootd >> >> Hi Ashiq, >> >> On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 09:55:37PM +0200, Ashiq Anjum wrote: >> >>> I have a quick question. Can we do >>> Meta-Scheduling/co-scheduling(scheduling of compute jobs taking into >>> account data location) with xrrotd? What I found that xrootd is only a >>> data access mechanism in a decentralized way and I will be grateful if >>> I can be proven wrong:) >>> >> As designed it is a data access mechanism. >> >> Are you asking for PROOF or for something else? >> >> Pete >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Peter Elmer E-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: +41 (22) 767-4644 >> Address: CERN Division PPE, Bat. 32 2C-14, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > >