Table of Contents
Metacomputing: What’s in it for ME? Legion 1.3
What is a Metasystem, anyway?
So what’s wrong with existing systems?
But the fundamental problem is...
Our Vision - One Transparent System
Metacomputing Benefits
Example Application
Issues in our example
What Legion Provides
Legion philosophy (CS slide)
Legion’s Concrete Benefits
Remote file access today
File Access Tomorrow
Remote Execution Today
Remote Execution Tomorrow
OK, OK, I really meant...
Wide-area Parallel Processing
Bag of Tasks Tomorrow
Big Parallel Apps
Meta Applications
The User’s View of Legion
Authentication (login)
Unified Console
Location-Independent Objects/Files
Remote execution
Binary Mangement
Parallel Computing
Legion Status -- 1.3
Summary
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Author: Andrew Grimshaw
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