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A dynamic scheduling approach for coordinated wide-area data transfers using GridFTP

  • Ohio State University
  • Argonne National Laboratory

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Abstract

Many scientific applications need to stage large volumes of files from one set of machines to another set of machines in a wide-area network. Efficient execution of such data transfers needs to take into account the heterogeneous nature of the environment and dynamic availability of shared resources. This paper proposes an algorithm that dynamically schedules a batch of data transfer requests with the goal of minimizing the overall transfer time. The proposed algorithm performs simultaneous transfer of chunks of files from multiple file replicas, if the replicas exist. Adaptive replica selection is employed to transfer different chunks of the same file by taking dynamically changing network bandwidths into account. We utilize GridFTP as the underlying mechanism for data transfers. The algorithm makes use of information from past GridFTP transfers to estimate network bandwidths and resource availability. The efficiency of the algorithm is evaluated on a wide-area testbed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIPDPS Miami 2008 - Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, Program and CD-ROM
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
EventIPDPS 2008 - 22nd IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium - Miami, FL, United States
Duration: Apr 14 2008Apr 18 2008

Publication series

NameIPDPS Miami 2008 - Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, Program and CD-ROM

Conference

ConferenceIPDPS 2008 - 22nd IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMiami, FL
Period04/14/0804/18/08

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