Applications of the Globus ToolkitApplications of the Globus Toolkit

Butterfly GridButterfly Grid((http://www.butterfly.net/http://www.butterfly.net/))

The first commercial computing grid for the video game industry

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ComponentsComponents► The Object Management System (OMS)The Object Management System (OMS)

► The Network Protocol Stack (NPS)The Network Protocol Stack (NPS)

► Gateway ServersGateway Servers

► Daemon ControllersDaemon Controllers

► Game ServersGame Servers

► DatastoreDatastore

► Grid ServicesGrid Services

► Tools and ExtrasTools and Extras

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Gateway ServerGateway Server

Daemon ControllerDaemon Controller

Game ServerGame Server

Open Grid Service Infrastructure

Open Grid Service Infrastructure

GamerClient software

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► Server: IBM eSeries* blade serverServer: IBM eSeries* blade server Gateway serverGateway server Daemon ServerDaemon Server Game serverGame server

► OS: Red Hat LinuxOS: Red Hat Linux

► Database Server: DB2Database Server: DB2

► Application Server: IBM WebShpereApplication Server: IBM WebShpere

► Software: Software: Butterfly Grid MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game) platform

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Butterfly Grid diagramButterfly Grid diagram

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GlobusGlobus

► Resource ManagementResource Management GRAMGRAM GASSGASS

► Information ServicesInformation Services MDSMDS

► Data ManagementData Management

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Globus Globus ► Globus Toolkit utilities run on all servers within

the Butterfly Grid.

► Security, authorization, authentication, file transfer, access to secondary storage, Web services bindings, metacomputing directory service.

► Allow to manage all these blades and other resources that can be made available to the Grid.

► To monitor servers and distributes the processing needs of more popular games and populated areas to idle computing resources within the data center.

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► Gamers can now play with anybody, anywhere, anytime without being bound to any particular client platform or server.

► The ability to seamlessly migrate between servers marks the Grid as an example of truly autonomic computing— and most differentiates it from the standard “singleserver” online gaming configuration.