Global Grid Forum 6 (Chicago) Sessions

Two working sessions were held on Wednesday, October 16, 2002 at the GGF6 conference in Chicago, Illinois. 23 participants attended each of the two sessions, 15 of whom attended both sessions.

Agenda and slides covering GridCPR WG charter (version 0.6), including edits and notes:
GridCPR-GGF6-Sessions-Agenda-Charter-Edits.pdf

Presentations (10-minutes each) and Discussion of Existing Checkpoint Recovery API/Service methods:

"Grid Checkpointing in the European DataGrid project" - Massimo Sgaravatto, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy
Massimo-Sgaravatto-EDG-CPR.pdf 

"The PSC CPR System: Scope, Applicability, and Implementation (SAI)" - Nathan Stone, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, U.S.A.
Nathan-Stone-PSC-CPR-SAI.pdf 

"Application-level Checkpointing for Parallel Applications" - Paul Stodghill, Cornell University, U.S.A.
Paul-Stodghill-Compiler-Assisted-Application-level-CPR.pdf 

"Checkpoint Recovery in Cactus 4.0" - Gabrielle Allen, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Germany
Gabrielle-Allen-Checkpointing-With-Cactus.pdf 

"Checkpoint Recovery in Condor" - c/o Derek Simmel, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, U.S.A.
Derek-Simmel-Checkpoint-Recovery-in-Condor.pdf 

Meeting Notes:

Session I: 8:00-9:30am Gleacher 608:
Notes taken by Mattias Mueller

Session II: 12:00noon-1:30pm Sheraton Mississippi:
Notes taken by Greg Bronevetsky
Brainstorming discussion notes taken by Derek Simmel

Summary slide of GridCPR WG Sessions as provided to APME Area Chair:
APME-GridCPR-WG-GGF6-Summary.pdf

Action Items:

1. Attendees: If you haven't already done so, please subscribe to the mailing list (instructions shown above).
2. All: Review the charter again, and post any questions/comments to the chairs and/or the mailing list.
3. All: Due November 15, 2002: Send examples of your application checkpoint receovery needs/requirements/desires to the mailing list.
4. Chairs: Due November 15, 2002: The GridCPR Working Group chairs will draft an informational document (GFD-I) to describe, given the input provided at the sessions and via the mailing list, the specific scope of a GridCPR API and associated GridCPR services. This document will be revised via mailing list comment, and submitted to the GFD editor for publication prior to GGF7.
5. Chairs: Due February 1, 2003: Agenda for GGF7 meeting (Tokyo) proposed and sent to mailing list for review.
6. Chairs: Push for GGF Steering Committee (GFSG) acceptance of GridCPR Working Group charter prior to GGF7.

Acknowledgements:

Our thanks to all of you who attended and participated in our working group sessions at GGF6 in Chicago!

Special Thanks to our presenters during the first session:

Massimo Sgaravatto, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy
Nathan Stone, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, U.S.A.
Paul Stodghill, Cornell University, U.S.A.
Gabrielle Allen, Max Planck Institute for Gravtational Physics, Germany
Derek Simmel, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, U.S.A.

Thanks also to our session note-takers:

Mattias Mueller
Greg Bronevetsky
Derek Simmel