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+ SimGrid - Scalable simulation of distributed systems, ranging from grids to peer-to-peer systems + +\endhtmlonly +\htmlinclude .index.doc.toc +\htmlonly +
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@@ -15,11 +26,12 @@ platforms ranging from simple network of workstations to Computational Grids. \htmlonly \endhtmlonly - - The official webpage is simgrid.gforge.inria.fr. - - The Frequently Asked Questions are here. - - The development webpage is gforge.inria.fr/projects/simgrid. + - The official webpage is simgrid.gforge.inria.fr. + - The Frequently Asked Questions are here. + - The development webpage is gforge.inria.fr/projects/simgrid. - The user mailing list is - - The SimGrid software package can be downloaded from here. + - The SimGrid software package can be downloaded from here. +

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Relationships between the SimGrid components +
Relationships between the SimGrid components (click to jump to API) \endhtmlonly +\htmlonly \endhtmlonly \subsection overview_envs Programmation environments layer -SimGrid provides several programmation environments built on top of a uniq +SimGrid provides several programmation environments built on top of a unique simulation kernel. Each environment targets a specific audiance and constitutes a different paradigm. To choose which of them you want to use, you have to think about what you want to do and what would be the result of @@ -57,11 +70,11 @@ your work. - If you want to study the behaviour of a MPI application using emulation technics, you should have a look at the \ref SMPI_API (Simulated MPI) programming environment. Unfortunately, this work is still underway. - Check the \ref SMPI_API section for more information. - + Check the \ref SMPI_API section for more information. + - If you want to develop a real distributed application, then you may find \ref GRAS_API (Grid Reality And Simulation) useful. This is an API - for the realization of distributed applications. + for the realization of distributed applications. \n\n Moreover, there is two implementations of this API: one on top of the SURF (allowing to develop and test your application within the comfort of @@ -76,15 +89,15 @@ your work. See the \ref GRAS_API section for more details. If your favorite programming environment/model is not there (BSP, -components, DAG, etc.) is not represented in the SimGrid toolkit yet, you may -consider adding it. You should contact us first on the -SimGrid +components, OpenMP, etc.) is not represented in the SimGrid toolkit yet, you may +consider adding it. You should contact us first on the +SimGrid developers mailing list, though. \subsection overview_kernel Simulation kernel layer The core functionnalities to simulate a virtual platform are provided by a -module called \ref SURF_API ("that's historical, my friend"). It is +module called \ref SURF_API. It is very low-level and is not intended to be used as such by end-users. Instead, it serve as a basis for the higher level layer. @@ -107,34 +120,28 @@ XBT_dict, \ref XBT_heap, \ref XBT_set and \ref XBT_swag. See the \ref XBT_API section for more details. -Any question, remark or suggestion are welcome on the -SimGrid users -mailing list. -\htmlonly \endhtmlonly - -
- -\section people People +\subsection lucas_layer Tracing simulation +Finally, a transversal module allows you to trace your simulation. More documentation in the section \ref TRACE_doc -SimGrid is a joint project between University of Hawai at Manoa, ID -Laboratory (Grenoble, France) and University of Nancy (France). The -authors of SimGrid are: +\htmlonly \endhtmlonly +
+The SimGrid software package can be downloaded from +here.
- - Henri Casanova (Information and Computer Sciences Department, University of Hawai`i at Manoa) - - Arnaud Legrand ("Informatique et Distribution" Laboratory (Grenoble, France), MESCal project) - - Martin Quinson (University of Nancy (Nancy, France), LORIA Laboratory, Algorille project) +If you are interested in the history of SimGrid and in current and planned development, +you can find out more here. -\subsection contributers Contributers and alumni project members +Any question, remark or suggestion are welcome on the +SimGrid users +mailing list. - - Loris Marchal: wrote the algorithm for simulation TCP bandwidth-sharing. - - Julien Lerouge : wrote a XML parser for ENV descriptions and helped for - the general design during a 4 month period (march-june 2002) - in the LIP. - - Clément Menier and Marc Perache : wrote a first prototype of the MSG - interface during a project at ENS-Lyon (jan 2002). - - Dmitrii Zagorodnov : wrote some parts of the first version of SimGrid - (1999). +\htmlonly \endhtmlonly
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