MDS 2.4 System Requirements

Basic pre-release tests for MDS 2.4 have been performed on the following platforms:

       Operating System

CPU

Flavor

Name

Version

Architecture

Used

Solaris

2.7

sparc

vendorcc32

Solaris

2.8

sparc

vendorcc32

IRIX

6.5

mips

vendorcc32

IRIX

6.5

mips

vendorcc64

RedHat Linux

6.2

i686

gcc32

RedHat Linux

7.1

i686

gcc32

RedHat Linux

7.2

i686

gcc32

Tru64 5.0A,5.1,5.1A,5.1B EV5/6 (miata) v5.0, 5.1 vendorcc64pthr

Software

The Globus Toolkit installation procedure will install all software necessary for MDS. This process will install the following external software components:
 

Software Version Description
OpenLDAP 2.0.22 OpenLDAP is an open-source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.
OpenSSL 0.9.6b

(0.9.6a is also supported)		 OpenSSL provides the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) implementation used by the Grid Security Infrastructure (GSI). OpenSSL replaces SSLeay from earlier versions of the Globus Toolkit. It is an open-source implementation of SSL used to build a Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSSAPI)
SASL cyrus-sasl
1.5.27		 Cyrus SASL is an implementation of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer, a method for adding authentication support to connection-based protocols, created as part of Project Cyrus at Carnegie Mellon University.

Hardware

  • CPU

    Globus Toolkit software is not itself computationally intensive. The CPU of the Globus host should, therefore, be chosen with the computational requirements of the jobs it will run. If the CPU can adequately support the computational requirements of user jobs, the Globus Toolkit software should not add undue strain.

  • Physical Memory

    Globus Toolkit software is not memory intensive. Any system with a nominal amount of memory sufficient to support its user base will not be rendered unusable with the addition of the Globus software.

  • Disk Space

    MDS 2.4 has a footprint on disk of 5 MB.