Susanne M. Balle
Hewlett-Packard, MS ZKO2-3/Q08
110 Spit Brook Road, Nashua, NH-03062, USA
email: Susanne.Balle@hp.com
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Abstract:
Development tools such as debuggers and performance tuning tools are essential for users to understand why their application is not providing them the results they expected or why they are not achieving the expected performance. Cluster users are already accustomed to having these tools available to them. As users want to Grid-enable their applications or develop new applications they need help to avoid the pitfalls that Grid introduces. An adequate tools portfolio is essential in the program development cycle to maximize the programmer's productivity. In the Grid environment, very few tools are currently available to the user. The GGF UPDT RG surveyed users to determine what development tools users need to be able to write programs for the Grid.
The goals for this survey are (1) to understand the program development cycle on large scale systems, (2) to be able to determine where gaps exists in user program development tools and (3) to understand how users are currently handling program development on Grid-both on heterogeneous and on homogeneous systems. It is important for us to also get feedback from users about what tools are currently useful or what tools would be useful to have in the future. We are also interested in understanding the challenges encountered by developers when developing applications for large scale systems and the Grid.