UL-Grid

UL-Grid (University of Liverpool Grid) is the name given to a project which aims to provide access to various CSD and external computing facilities using grid middleware. Our aim is to make the middleware as transparent as possible to the end user thus giving the user a simple, yet powerful, way of accessing these resources. Jobs can be submitted to any of the four clusters currently in UL-Grid using the Grid Computing Server (GCS) which provides an easy to use command line interface or a user-friendly web interface called the UL-Grid Portal. The GCS also allows jobs to be submitted to other sites such as the North West Grid (NW-GRID) and the National Grid Service (NGS) is a similar manner to local resources. In addition, a distributed file storage system call the Storage Resource Broker is available and a MyProxy server giving simple yet secure access to grid certifcates.

For more details on getting started, follow the links below or contact the e-science team via the Helpdesk .

UL-Grid documentation

• Guide To Using the CSD Grid Computing Server (PDF)
• Using the CSD Storage Resource Broker
• Users Guide to Running Jobs on ULGrid using Condor-G (PDF)
• Technical Guide to ULGrid (PDF)
• Using the CSD-Physics Beowulf Cluster (PDF)
• Obtaining certificates to use with ULGrid and other applications (PDF)
• NW-Grid/ULGrid/Condor-G presentation (11/07/2007) slides (PPT)
• Security settings on ULGrid systems to support Globus