Application-level simulation modelling of large grids

The simulation of large grids requires the generation of grid instances and an approximation of grid components’ behaviour. To generate grid instances, this paper outlines a set of high-level properties of grids and considers ways to assign values to those properties. The paper also brings together existing application-level network and host models and discusses how they are used for the simulation of large grids. A grid instantiation is described in detail as part of a master-slave case study, and a large grid is simulated for the evaluation of a variety of scheduling strategies. The case study also motivates a performance prediction method, which is assessed against simulation results.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: CCGRID
• Authors: Serafeim Zanikolas, Rizos Sakellariou
• Keywords: CCGRID 2005, Cluster Computing, Grid, Grid Instances, Large Grid