SimGrid

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{{Infobox software

| name = SimGrid

| title = SimGrid

| logo = File:SimGrid-logo.png

| logo caption = SimGrid Logo

| author =

| developer =

| released = {{start date and age|1999}}

| latest release version = 4.0

| latest release date = {{start date and age|2025|03|12}}

| repo = https://framagit.org/simgrid/simgrid

| programming language = Core: C++; Bindings: Python

| platform = Unix, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows

| genre = Distributed system simulator, Network simulator, Model checking

| license = GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 only

| website = {{URL|https://simgrid.org}}

}}

{{Not a typo|SimGrid}} is a framework for simulating applications on distributed computing systems.{{cite conference

| first = Henri

| last = Casanova

| title = A Toolkit for the Simulation of Application Scheduling

| book-title = First IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGrid'01)

| pages = 430–441

| date = May 2001

| location = Brisbane, Australia

| doi = 10.1109/CCGRID.2001.923223

}} It provides high-level programming language tools for comparing, evaluating, analyzing, and prototyping algorithms across different platforms. SimGrid has been used to conduct experimental simulations in multiple domains, including cluster computing, grid computing, heuristics and peer-to-peer (P2P) computing.

{{Not a typo|SimGrid}} is distributed as freeware under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 (LGPL-2.1-only).{{Cite web |date=2010-11-27 |title=LICENSE-LGPL-2.1 · master · simgrid / simgrid · GitLab |url=https://framagit.org/simgrid/simgrid/-/blob/master/LICENSE-LGPL-2.1 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=GitLab |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=simgrid/COPYING at master · simgrid/simgrid |url=https://github.com/simgrid/simgrid/blob/master/COPYING |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=GitHub |language=en }}

History

SimGrid started in 1999 as a joint research project between Henry Casanova and Arnaud Legrand from the University of California, San Diego and École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, respectively.{{Cite web |title=SimGrid History |url=https://simgrid.org/history.html |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=simgrid.org}} The original design was only used for simulating the scheduling of heuristics for heterogeneous platforms.

SimGrid has received funding from national and international research agencies and has evolved through various projects, including SONGS, USS-SimGrid, and ASTR.{{Cite web |title=Overview - SIMGRID - IN2P3-Forge |url=https://forge.in2p3.fr/projects/simgrid |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=forge.in2p3.fr}}

APIs and models

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SimGrid supports multiple programming languages, including C++ and Python, through models and APIs.

SimGrid provides tools for analyzing scheduling, resource allocation, fault tolerance, and other aspects of distributed computing through four distinct interfaces:

Simulation Directed Acyclic Graphs ({{Proper name|SIMDAG}}) simulates execution of DAGs, including specified tasks, dependencies, scheduling resources, and interaction with the environment. It allows users to add tasks, specify dependencies, and interact with the environment.{{Cite journal |last1=Casanova |first1=Henri |last2=Legrand |first2=Arnaud |last3=Quinson |first3=Martin |date=March 4, 2008 |title=SimGrid: a Generic Framework for Large-Scale Distributed Experiments |url=https://inria.hal.science/inria-00260697/en/ |journal=Inria |language=en |publisher=IEEE |page= |via=HAL Open Science}}
Meta Scheduling Grid ({{Proper name|MSG}}) is used for solving constraint satisfaction problems.
Grid Reality and Simulation ({{Proper name|GRAS}}) simulates deployable distributed applications.
Simulated Message Passing Interface (SMPI) simulates MPI applications.

Release history

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!Version

!Release date

!Significant changes

SimGrid v1.0

|1999

First release of SimGrid
Scheduled algorithms for heterogeneous platforms

SimGrid v2.0

|2003

More realistic network models and topologies{{cite web |author1=Arnaud Legrand |author2=Henri Casanova |author3=Loris Marchal |title=Scheduling distributed applications: the SimGrid simulation framework - IEEE Xplore |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1199362 |website=ieeexplore.ieee.org |publisher=IEEE |access-date=8 May 2025 |location=Tokyo, Japan |pages=138–145 |doi=10.1109/CCGRID.2003.1199362 |quote=This paper focuses on SimGrid v2, which greatly improves on the first version of the software with more realistic network models and topologies. SimGrid v2 also enables the simulation of distributed scheduling agents, which has become critical for current scheduling research in large-scale platforms.}}
Enabled the simulation of distributed scheduling agents

SimGrid v3.3

|2009

Complete rewrite of the simulation core for better modularity, speed and scalability{{cite web |title=[inria-00631141, v1] Towards Scalable, Accurate, and Usable Simulations of Distributed Applications and Systems |url=https://webperso.info.ucl.ac.be/~pvr/GrascompCloudDay2012/QuinsonRR-7761.pdf |website=webperso.info.ucl.ac.be |access-date=8 May 2025}}

SimGrid v4.0

|March 12, 2025{{cite web |title=SimGrid 4 Release Notes — SimGrid documentation |url=https://simgrid.org/doc/latest/Release_Notes.html |website=simgrid.org |access-date=8 May 2025}}

Reworked the platform generation API to simplify it and make it more natural

References

:*{{cite book |last1=Velho |first1=Pedro |last2=Legrand |first2=Arnaud |title=Proceedings of the Second International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques |chapter=Accuracy study and improvement of network simulation in the SimGrid framework |date=3 March 2009 |doi=10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2009.5592 |isbn=978-963-9799-45-5 |url=https://inria.hal.science/inria-00361031/ |language=en}}

:*{{cite book |last1=Lebre |first1=Adrien |last2=Legrand |first2=Arnaud |last3=Suter |first3=Frédéric |last4=Veyre |first4=Pierre |chapter=Adding Storage Simulation Capacities to the SimGrid Toolkit: Concepts, Models, and API |title=2015 15th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing |date=May 2015 |pages=251–260 |doi=10.1109/CCGrid.2015.134 |isbn=978-1-4799-8006-2 |url=https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01197128/file/sg_storage_ccgrid15.pdf |chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7152491 |access-date=22 March 2025}}

:*{{cite book |last1=Ramamonjisoa |first1=Charles Emile |last2=Khodja |first2=Lilia Ziane |last3=Laiymani |first3=David |last4=Giersch |first4=Arnaud |last5=Couturier |first5=Raphaël |chapter=Simulation of Asynchronous Iterative Algorithms Using SimGrid |title=2014 IEEE Intl Conf on High Performance Computing and Communications, 2014 IEEE 6th Intl Symp on Cyberspace Safety and Security, 2014 IEEE 11th Intl Conf on Embedded Software and Syst (HPCC,CSS,ICESS) |date=August 2014 |pages=890–895 |doi=10.1109/HPCC.2014.155 |isbn=978-1-4799-6123-8 |chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7056850 |access-date=22 March 2025}}

:*{{cite journal |last1=Frincu |first1=Marc-Eduard |last2=Quinson |first2=Martin |last3=Suter |first3=Frédéric |title=Handling Very Large Platforms with the New SimGrid Platform Description Formalism |journal=[Technical Report] RT-0348 |date=2008 |page=27 |url=https://inria.hal.science/inria-00256883/ |access-date=22 March 2025 |publisher=French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation |language=en}}

External links

[https://simgrid.org/ SimGrid Home] – official project homepage
Reference publication: [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpdc.2014.06.008 H. Casanova, A. Giersch, A. Legrand, M. Quinson, and F. Suter, “Versatile, Scalable, and Accurate Simulation of Distributed Applications and Platforms,” Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, vol. 74, no. 10, pp. 2899 – 2917, 2014.]

Category:Distributed computing