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Revision: 229 http://gridsim.svn.sourceforge.net/gridsim/?rev=229&view=rev Author: mkrystek Date: 2008-08-20 13:15:11 +0000 (Wed, 20 Aug 2008) Log Message: ----------- Added Paths: ----------- branches/gssim/README.txt Removed Paths: ------------- branches/gssim/trunk/README.txt Copied: branches/gssim/README.txt (from rev 228, branches/gssim/trunk/README.txt) =================================================================== --- branches/gssim/README.txt (rev 0) +++ branches/gssim/README.txt 2008-08-20 13:15:11 UTC (rev 229) @@ -0,0 +1,188 @@ + +README file +Author: Anthony Sulistio (September 2007) + + +Directory Structure of GridSim Toolkit +-------------------------------------- + +$GRIDSIM/ -- the current GridSim directory (top level) + classes/ -- The GridSim class files + doc/ -- GridSim and SimJava API Documentation + eduni/ + gridsim/ + examples/ -- GridSim examples, see examples/README.txt for details + jars/ -- jar archives + source/ -- The GridSim Java source code + gridsim/*.java + gridsim/auction/*.java -- framework for the auction model + gridsim/datagrid/*.java -- framework for the Data Grids model + gridsim/filter/*.java -- filters incoming events + gridsim/index/*.java -- framework for the Grid Info Service model + gridsim/net/*.java -- framework for the network model + gridsim/resFailure/*.java -- framework for the resource failure model + gridsim/util/*.java -- includes some statistics classes. + +GridSim APIs and examples are also available on the GridSim website. +If you are looking for applications or programs built on top of GridSim, +such as gridbroker or Visual Modeler, they can be found below: +http://www.gridbus.org/gridsim/release.html + + +Software Requirements : Java version 1.4.2 or newer +--------------------- +GridSim has been tested and ran on Sun's Java version 1.4.2 or newer. +Older versions of Java are not compatible. +If you have non-Sun Java version, such as gcj or J++, they may not be compatible. +You also need to install Ant to compile GridSim (explained in more details later). + + +Installation and Running GridSim Toolkit +---------------------------------------- +There is no special program to install GridSim. You just need to +unzip the GridSim file to install. +If you want to remove GridSim, then remove the whole $GRIDSIM directory. + +NOTE: You do not need to compile GridSim source code. The JAR file is + provided to compile and to run GridSim applications. + +Description of the following jar files: +* gridsim.jar -- contains both GridSim and SimJava v2.0 class files +* simjava2.jar -- contains SimJava v2.0 class files only + +To compile and run GridSim applications, do the following step: +1) Go the directory where the GridSim's Example1 reside + In Unix or Linux: cd $GRIDSIM/examples/Example01 + In Windows: cd %GRIDSIM%\examples\Example01 + +2) Compile the Java source file + In Unix or Linux: javac -classpath $GRIDSIM/jars/gridsim.jar:. Example1.java + In Windows: javac -classpath %GRIDSIM%\jars\gridsim.jar;. Example1.java + +3) Running the Java class file + In Unix or Linux: java -classpath $GRIDSIM/jars/gridsim.jar:. Example1 + In Windows: java -classpath %GRIDSIM%\jars\gridsim.jar;. Example1 + +NOTE: +* $GRIDSIM or %GRIDSIM% is the location of the GridSim Toolkit package. +* If you are using Java IDEs, such as Eclipse, JBuilder and JCreator, + their instructions (with screenshots) are found on the GridSim website. +* Running GridSim of this version requires a lot of memory since there are many + objects to be created. Therefore, it is recommended to have at least 512MB RAM + or increase JVM heap size when running Java for large simulation experiments. + For example: java -Xmx300m -classpath $GRIDSIM/jars/gridsim.jar:. Example1 + (max. heap size is 300MB). + + +Learning GridSim +---------------- +To understand on how to use GridSim, please go through the examples provided +in the $GRIDSIM/examples/ directory. Example 1 - 6 are mainly for beginners, +whereas the rest describes more complex GridSim functionalities. +The same examples are also hosted in the GridSim website. + +At the moment, GridSim has two allocation policies or scheduling algorithms, +i.e. First Come First Service (as described in SpaceShared.java) and Round +Robin (as described in TimeShared.java). +If you are interested in writing a new scheduling algorithm of a resource, +then look closely on $GRIDSIM/examples/Example08/ directory. +We are certainly welcomed new additions of allocation policies into GridSim. + + +Compiling GridSim : Using Ant +----------------- +This release contains a simple buildfile for compiling GridSim classes. +You need to have ant installed (http://ant.apache.org/). +Ant can be used in both Windows and Unix/Linux environment. + +Usage: +* type 'ant' to compile all gridsim source files and put them into + classes/ directory +* type 'ant makejar' to compile the source files (if necessary) and to create + a new jar file called "new_gridsim.jar" into jars/ directory. + The "new_gridsim.jar" however only contains GridSim classes not SimJava2. + +NOTE: +* You need to set up PATH for ant in Windows and/or Unix. +* rule for javadoc is not included yet. Use javadoc.sh script on Unix instead. + Alternatively, the GridSim API can be found below: + http://www.gridbus.org/gridsim/doc/ + + +Contacting Us : subscribe to Mailing Lists at SourceForge.net +------------- +Please read FAQ, examples, API and other documents in the GridSim website +before contacting us. + +GridSim mailing lists can be found below: +http://sourceforge.net/projects/gridsim/ then click on the "Mailing Lists" tab. + +Please subscribe to the following mailing lists: +gridsim-users (at) lists.sourceforge.net - for any queries and feedbacks +gridsim-developers (at) lists.sourceforge.net - for contributing to GridSim + +Contributors are always needed to improve and maintain GridSim. +Another option is to integrate your work/project into future GridSim releases. +If you want to contribute, advertise yourself to us. +Benefits of your contributions: +- you help future Grid researchers and students like you and us; +- you can proudly write your contributions in the resume or CV; +- you gain knowledge and skills in using SVN version control, Java, and OO; and +- more importantly, you are dealing with a real software engineering development + and working with collaborators or developers from other parts of the world + (at the moment, they are from "down under"). + You can not get this kind of unique experience by doing it yourself or + in university assignments or projects. + +NOTE: +* If you experience some problems when compiling/running GridSim, + write a detailed email. The more information you provide, the better + we analyze your problem. Hence, the sooner we can reply. +* Please send your questions to these mailing lists so that other people can + read and reply them. +* We have hectic schedules, so do not expect an instant reply. + + +Bugs Reporting +-------------- +If you found any bugs, please report them to: +http://sourceforge.net/projects/gridsim/ then click on the "Tracker" tab. + +To prevent any false reports, it is recommended that you email us first on +gridsim-developers (at) lists.sourceforge.net +to identify whether the problem is caused by bugs in the GridSim code +or something else, such as using Java version 1.3. + +Please be specific when you report a bug. We need information such as +GridSim version number, Java version number, detailed descriptions, +snippets of the (buggy) code and any exception errors. +A 'nobody' report in the tracker will probably be ignored. + + +Requesting New Features +----------------------- +If you decide to implement any new features, we will try our best to help you +with directions on where to start and how to design and implement without +breaking the existing design and code respectively. + + +Acknowledgement +--------------- + +For their outstanding contributions to GridSim : +* Agustin Caminero from The University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain + for his work on the gridsim.resFailure package. + +* Uros Cibej from The University of Ljubljana, Slovenia + for providing build.xml file and instruction on how to + use ant. In addition, he worked on the gridsim.datagrid package. + +* Gokul Poduval from National University of Singapore + for his work on the gridsim.net package. + +* Marcos Dias de Assuncao from Grids Lab, The University of Melbourne, Australia + for his work on the gridsim.auction package + +We also thank the following people for finding bugs in GridSim : +Gokul Poduval, Uros Cibej, Agustin Caminero, Sai Rahul Reddy, Jakub Milkiewicz, +Mads Mbuso Sibeko, Felipe Ramos. Deleted: branches/gssim/trunk/README.txt =================================================================== --- branches/gssim/trunk/README.txt 2008-08-20 13:13:52 UTC (rev 228) +++ branches/gssim/trunk/README.txt 2008-08-20 13:15:11 UTC (rev 229) @@ -1,188 +0,0 @@ - -README file -Author: Anthony Sulistio (September 2007) - - -Directory Structure of GridSim Toolkit --------------------------------------- - -$GRIDSIM/ -- the current GridSim directory (top level) - classes/ -- The GridSim class files - doc/ -- GridSim and SimJava API Documentation - eduni/ - gridsim/ - examples/ -- GridSim examples, see examples/README.txt for details - jars/ -- jar archives - source/ -- The GridSim Java source code - gridsim/*.java - gridsim/auction/*.java -- framework for the auction model - gridsim/datagrid/*.java -- framework for the Data Grids model - gridsim/filter/*.java -- filters incoming events - gridsim/index/*.java -- framework for the Grid Info Service model - gridsim/net/*.java -- framework for the network model - gridsim/resFailure/*.java -- framework for the resource failure model - gridsim/util/*.java -- includes some statistics classes. - -GridSim APIs and examples are also available on the GridSim website. -If you are looking for applications or programs built on top of GridSim, -such as gridbroker or Visual Modeler, they can be found below: -http://www.gridbus.org/gridsim/release.html - - -Software Requirements : Java version 1.4.2 or newer ---------------------- -GridSim has been tested and ran on Sun's Java version 1.4.2 or newer. -Older versions of Java are not compatible. -If you have non-Sun Java version, such as gcj or J++, they may not be compatible. -You also need to install Ant to compile GridSim (explained in more details later). - - -Installation and Running GridSim Toolkit ----------------------------------------- -There is no special program to install GridSim. You just need to -unzip the GridSim file to install. -If you want to remove GridSim, then remove the whole $GRIDSIM directory. - -NOTE: You do not need to compile GridSim source code. The JAR file is - provided to compile and to run GridSim applications. - -Description of the following jar files: -* gridsim.jar -- contains both GridSim and SimJava v2.0 class files -* simjava2.jar -- contains SimJava v2.0 class files only - -To compile and run GridSim applications, do the following step: -1) Go the directory where the GridSim's Example1 reside - In Unix or Linux: cd $GRIDSIM/examples/Example01 - In Windows: cd %GRIDSIM%\examples\Example01 - -2) Compile the Java source file - In Unix or Linux: javac -classpath $GRIDSIM/jars/gridsim.jar:. Example1.java - In Windows: javac -classpath %GRIDSIM%\jars\gridsim.jar;. Example1.java - -3) Running the Java class file - In Unix or Linux: java -classpath $GRIDSIM/jars/gridsim.jar:. Example1 - In Windows: java -classpath %GRIDSIM%\jars\gridsim.jar;. Example1 - -NOTE: -* $GRIDSIM or %GRIDSIM% is the location of the GridSim Toolkit package. -* If you are using Java IDEs, such as Eclipse, JBuilder and JCreator, - their instructions (with screenshots) are found on the GridSim website. -* Running GridSim of this version requires a lot of memory since there are many - objects to be created. Therefore, it is recommended to have at least 512MB RAM - or increase JVM heap size when running Java for large simulation experiments. - For example: java -Xmx300m -classpath $GRIDSIM/jars/gridsim.jar:. Example1 - (max. heap size is 300MB). - - -Learning GridSim ----------------- -To understand on how to use GridSim, please go through the examples provided -in the $GRIDSIM/examples/ directory. Example 1 - 6 are mainly for beginners, -whereas the rest describes more complex GridSim functionalities. -The same examples are also hosted in the GridSim website. - -At the moment, GridSim has two allocation policies or scheduling algorithms, -i.e. First Come First Service (as described in SpaceShared.java) and Round -Robin (as described in TimeShared.java). -If you are interested in writing a new scheduling algorithm of a resource, -then look closely on $GRIDSIM/examples/Example08/ directory. -We are certainly welcomed new additions of allocation policies into GridSim. - - -Compiling GridSim : Using Ant ------------------ -This release contains a simple buildfile for compiling GridSim classes. -You need to have ant installed (http://ant.apache.org/). -Ant can be used in both Windows and Unix/Linux environment. - -Usage: -* type 'ant' to compile all gridsim source files and put them into - classes/ directory -* type 'ant makejar' to compile the source files (if necessary) and to create - a new jar file called "new_gridsim.jar" into jars/ directory. - The "new_gridsim.jar" however only contains GridSim classes not SimJava2. - -NOTE: -* You need to set up PATH for ant in Windows and/or Unix. -* rule for javadoc is not included yet. Use javadoc.sh script on Unix instead. - Alternatively, the GridSim API can be found below: - http://www.gridbus.org/gridsim/doc/ - - -Contacting Us : subscribe to Mailing Lists at SourceForge.net -------------- -Please read FAQ, examples, API and other documents in the GridSim website -before contacting us. - -GridSim mailing lists can be found below: -http://sourceforge.net/projects/gridsim/ then click on the "Mailing Lists" tab. - -Please subscribe to the following mailing lists: -gridsim-users (at) lists.sourceforge.net - for any queries and feedbacks -gridsim-developers (at) lists.sourceforge.net - for contributing to GridSim - -Contributors are always needed to improve and maintain GridSim. -Another option is to integrate your work/project into future GridSim releases. -If you want to contribute, advertise yourself to us. -Benefits of your contributions: -- you help future Grid researchers and students like you and us; -- you can proudly write your contributions in the resume or CV; -- you gain knowledge and skills in using SVN version control, Java, and OO; and -- more importantly, you are dealing with a real software engineering development - and working with collaborators or developers from other parts of the world - (at the moment, they are from "down under"). - You can not get this kind of unique experience by doing it yourself or - in university assignments or projects. - -NOTE: -* If you experience some problems when compiling/running GridSim, - write a detailed email. The more information you provide, the better - we analyze your problem. Hence, the sooner we can reply. -* Please send your questions to these mailing lists so that other people can - read and reply them. -* We have hectic schedules, so do not expect an instant reply. - - -Bugs Reporting --------------- -If you found any bugs, please report them to: -http://sourceforge.net/projects/gridsim/ then click on the "Tracker" tab. - -To prevent any false reports, it is recommended that you email us first on -gridsim-developers (at) lists.sourceforge.net -to identify whether the problem is caused by bugs in the GridSim code -or something else, such as using Java version 1.3. - -Please be specific when you report a bug. We need information such as -GridSim version number, Java version number, detailed descriptions, -snippets of the (buggy) code and any exception errors. -A 'nobody' report in the tracker will probably be ignored. - - -Requesting New Features ------------------------ -If you decide to implement any new features, we will try our best to help you -with directions on where to start and how to design and implement without -breaking the existing design and code respectively. - - -Acknowledgement ---------------- - -For their outstanding contributions to GridSim : -* Agustin Caminero from The University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain - for his work on the gridsim.resFailure package. - -* Uros Cibej from The University of Ljubljana, Slovenia - for providing build.xml file and instruction on how to - use ant. In addition, he worked on the gridsim.datagrid package. - -* Gokul Poduval from National University of Singapore - for his work on the gridsim.net package. - -* Marcos Dias de Assuncao from Grids Lab, The University of Melbourne, Australia - for his work on the gridsim.auction package - -We also thank the following people for finding bugs in GridSim : -Gokul Poduval, Uros Cibej, Agustin Caminero, Sai Rahul Reddy, Jakub Milkiewicz, -Mads Mbuso Sibeko, Felipe Ramos. This was sent by the SourceForge.net collaborative development platform, the world's largest Open Source development site. |