<s>
GARUDA(Global Access to Resource Using Distributed Architecture )	O
is	O
India	O
's	O
Grid	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
initiative	O
connecting	O
17	O
cities	O
across	O
the	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GARUDA	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
collaboration	O
of	O
science	O
researchers	O
and	O
experimenters	O
on	O
a	O
nationwide	O
grid	O
of	O
computational	O
nodes	O
,	O
mass	O
storage	O
and	O
scientific	O
instruments	O
that	O
aims	O
to	O
provide	O
the	O
technological	O
advances	O
required	O
to	O
enable	O
data	O
and	O
compute	O
intensive	O
science	O
for	O
the	O
21st	O
century	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
GARUDA	B-Operating_System
's	O
most	O
important	O
challenges	O
is	O
to	O
strike	O
the	O
right	O
balance	O
between	O
research	O
and	O
the	O
daunting	O
task	O
of	O
deploying	O
that	O
innovation	O
into	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
complex	O
scientific	O
and	O
engineering	O
endeavors	O
being	O
undertaken	O
today	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Department	O
of	O
Information	O
Technology	O
(	O
DIT	O
)	O
,	O
Government	O
of	O
India	O
has	O
funded	O
the	O
Centre	O
for	O
Development	O
of	O
Advanced	O
Computing	O
(	O
C-DAC	O
)	O
to	O
deploy	O
the	O
nationwide	O
computational	B-Architecture
grid	I-Architecture
GARUDA	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
GARUDA	B-Operating_System
will	O
assist	O
to	O
accelerate	O
India	O
's	O
drive	O
to	O
turn	O
its	O
substantial	O
research	O
investment	O
into	O
tangible	O
economic	O
benefits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Main	O
Monitoring	O
Centre	O
also	O
called	O
the	O
Garuda	B-Operating_System
Monitoring	O
and	O
Management	O
Centre	O
is	O
set	O
up	O
at	O
C-DAC	O
Knowledge	O
Park	O
,	O
Bangalore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
India	O
,	O
GARUDA	B-Operating_System
uses	O
National	O
Knowledge	O
Network	O
as	O
network	O
backbone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GARUDA	B-Operating_System
has	O
adopted	O
a	O
pragmatic	O
approach	O
for	O
using	O
existing	O
Grid	O
infrastructure	O
and	O
Web	O
Services	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
deployment	O
of	O
grid	O
tools	O
and	O
services	O
for	O
GARUDA	B-Operating_System
will	O
be	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
judicious	O
mix	O
of	O
in-house	O
developed	O
components	O
,	O
the	O
Globus	O
Toolkit	O
(	O
GT	O
)	O
,	O
industry	O
grade	O
&	O
open	O
source	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Foundation	O
phase	O
GARUDA	B-Operating_System
will	O
be	O
based	O
on	O
stable	O
version	O
of	O
GT4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resource	O
management	O
and	O
scheduling	O
in	O
GARUDA	B-Operating_System
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
deployment	O
of	O
industry	O
grade	O
schedulers	O
in	O
a	O
hierarchical	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
cluster	O
level	O
,	O
scheduling	O
is	O
achieved	O
through	O
Load	O
Leveler	O
for	O
AIX	B-Application
platforms	O
and	O
Torque	O
for	O
Linux	O
clusters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GARUDA	B-Operating_System
portal	O
which	O
provides	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
to	O
the	O
Grid	O
resources	O
hides	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
the	O
Grid	O
from	O
the	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
