From Sandbox to Playground Dynamic Virtual Environments in the Grid

Much experience has been gained with the protocols and mechanisms needed for discovery and allocation of remote computational resources. However, the preparation of a remote computer for use by a distributed application also requires the creation of an appropriate execution environment, which remain...

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Veröffentlicht in:Fifth IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Grid Computing S. 34 - 42
Hauptverfasser: Keahey, Katarzyna, Doering, Karl, Foster, Ian
Format: Tagungsbericht
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Washington, DC, USA IEEE Computer Society 08.11.2004
IEEE
Schriftenreihe:ACM Conferences
Schlagworte:
Application software
Computerized monitoring
Costs
Distributed computing
Environmental management
Protocols
Remote monitoring
Resource management
Software and its engineering
Software and its engineering > Software organization and properties
Software and its engineering > Software organization and properties > Contextual software domains
Software and its engineering > Software organization and properties > Contextual software domains > Operating systems
Software and its engineering > Software organization and properties > Software system structures
Software and its engineering > Software organization and properties > Software system structures > Distributed systems organizing principles
Software and its engineering > Software organization and properties > Software system structures > Distributed systems organizing principles > Organizing principles for web applications
Virtual environment
Virtual machining
ISBN:0769522564, 9780769522562
ISSN:1550-5510
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Zusammenfassung:Much experience has been gained with the protocols and mechanisms needed for discovery and allocation of remote computational resources. However, the preparation of a remote computer for use by a distributed application also requires the creation of an appropriate execution environment, which remains an ad hoc and often clumsy process. We proposehere a codification of the interactions required to negotiate the creation of new execution environments. In brief, we model dynamic virtual environments (DVEs) as first-class entities ina distributed environment, with Grid service interfaces defined to negotiate creation, monitor properties, and manage lifetime. We also show how such DVEs can be implemented in a variety of technologies-sandboxes, virtual machines, or simply Unix accounts-and evaluate costs associated with these different approaches. DVEs provide a basis for both customization of a remote computer to meet user needs and also enforcement of resource usage and security policies. They can also simplify the administration of virtual organizations (VOs), by allowing new environments to be created automatically, subject to local and VO policy. Thus, DVEs have the potential to relieve much of the current administrative burden involved in providing and using Grid resources.
ISBN:0769522564
9780769522562
ISSN:1550-5510
DOI:10.1109/GRID.2004.32