dc.contributor.author | Huffman, John | |
dc.contributor.author | Repasky, Richard | |
dc.contributor.author | Rinkovsky, Joseph | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-12-11T16:03:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2008-12-11T16:03:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.identifier.citation | "Creating grid resources for use in undergraduate coursework," Proceedings of the Grid Computing Environments (GCE) workshop. Held at the Reno Convention Center: Reno, Nevada: 11-12 November 2007. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1850/7749 | |
dc.description | "Creating grid resources for use in undergraduate coursework," Proceedings of the Grid Computing Environments (GCE) workshop. Held at the Reno Convention Center: Reno, Nevada: 11-12 November 2007. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Rendered animations are a significant part of many student and
research projects being done at Indiana University. Typically the
rendering process is very computationally intensive, but it is
allocated minimal computing resources. By creating a Condor
pool out of all student computing labs we have created a large
scale, homogeneous grid resource dedicated to the single purpose
of rendering.
By implementing a web portal based interface to submit and
monitor rendering jobs the rendering system becomes independent
of the end users architecture, OS, and even rendering package
being used. This allows for a “learn once, run often” architecture
despite the highly complex distributed computational backend.
The web interface allows users to submit jobs with the needed
parameters, monitor the progress of the job, and display finished
frames of the animation. When the job finishes the render system
notifies the user and will present a web based preview of the final
movie, allowing the user to quickly assess the quality of the
rendered results.
The modular nature of the render system allows for easy upgrade
and additions to the rendering packages offered. New rendering
packages can typically be added within 24 hrs, without any
changes to the user interface or workflow. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Grid Computing Environments (GCE) | |
dc.subject | Animation | en_US |
dc.subject | Condor | en_US |
dc.subject | Education | en_US |
dc.subject | Grid | en_US |
dc.subject | Portal | en_US |
dc.subject | Rendering | en_US |
dc.title | Creating grid resources for use in undergraduate coursework | |
dc.type | Proceedings | |