A lightweight, scriptable, web-based frontend to the SRB

White, T. O. H. and Tyer, R. P. and Bruin, R. P. and Dove, M. T. and Austen, K. F. (2006) A lightweight, scriptable, web-based frontend to the SRB. In: Proceedings of the UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 2006. National eScience Centre, pp. 209-216. ISBN 0955398800

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Abstract

The San Diego Supercomputing Centre’s Storage Resource Broker (SRB) is in wide use in our project. We found that none of the supplied interfaces fulfilled our needs, so we have developed a new interface, which we call TobysSRB. It is a web-based application with a radically simplified user interface, making it easy yet powerful to operate for novices and experts alike. The web interface is easily extensible, and external viewers may be incorporated. In addition, it has been designed such that interactions with TobysSRB are easily automatable, with a stable, well-defined and well-documented HTTP API, conforming to the REST (Representational State Transfer) philosophy. The focus has been on lightweightness, usability and scriptability.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Sponsors: JISC, Microsoft®, ORACLE®, IBM® OERC, eSI
Uncontrolled Keywords:	2006 AREP IA52 2006 P
Subjects:	03 - Mineral Sciences
Divisions:	03 - Mineral Sciences
Page Range:	pp. 209-216
Depositing User:	Sarah Humbert
Date Deposited:	16 Feb 2009 13:01
Last Modified:	23 Jul 2013 10:01
URI:	http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/id/eprint/67

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