Abstract

We describe a high-throughput computing system for running jobs on public and private computing clouds using the HTCondor job scheduler and the cloudscheduler VM provisioning service. The distributed cloud computing system is designed to simultaneously use dedicated and opportunistic cloud resources at local and remote locations. It has been used for large scale production particle physics workloads for many years using thousands of cores on three continents. Cloudscheduler has been modernized to take advantage of new software designs, improved operating system capabilities and support packages. The result is a more resilient and scalable system, with expanded capabilities.

Details

Title
Cloudscheduler: a VM provisioning system for a distributed compute cloud
Author
Sobie, Randall; Berghaus, Frank; Casteels, Kevin; Colson Driemel; Ebert, Marcus; Galindo, Fernando; Leavett-Brown, Colin; MacDonell, Danika; Paterson, Michael; Seuster, Rolf; Tolkamp, Shaelyn; Weldon, Jodie
Section
7 - Facilities, Clouds and Containers
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
EDP Sciences
ISSN
21016275
e-ISSN
2100014X
Source type
Conference Paper
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202024507031
ProQuest document ID
2465740289
Copyright
© 2020. This work is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.