1 Studying Protein Folding on the Grid: Experiences Using CHARMM on NPACI Resources under Legion
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Abstract:
One benefit of a computational grid is the ability to run high-performance applications over distributed resources simply and securely. We demonstrated this benefit with an experiment in which we studied the protein-folding process with the CHARMM molecular simulation package over a grid managed by Legion, a grid operating system. Highperformance applications can take advantage of grid resources if the grid operating system provides both lowlevel functionality as well as high-level services. We describe the nature of services provided by Legion for high-performance applications. Our experiences indicate that human factors continue to play a crucial role in the configuration of grid resources, underlying resources can be problematic, grid services must tolerate underlying problems or inform the user, and high-level services must continue to evolve to meet user requirements. Our experiment not only helped a scientist perform an important study, but also showed the viability of an integrated approach such as Legion's for managing a grid.
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