Title
An autonomic operating environment for large-scale distributed applications
Abstract
This paper presents the OptimalGrid Operating Environment, and shows how it tackles the difficulty of automatically building, distributing and running connected distributed parallel programs. One of the main goals of OptimalGrid is to hide the complexity of working with grid applications -- both the creation of the grid application itself and the preparation of it on the grid infrastructure. The OptimalGrid Operating Environment hides much of the complexity of building, deploying and running of applications by employing the use of autonomic techniques, such as goal-oriented operations, alternative workflow schedules and agent-peer communication. Unlike conventional script-based systems, OptimalGrid uses the abstraction of target goals to allow it more flexibility in handling errors and unexpected system events. The target goals can be achieved in multiple ways, and the selection of a goal solution can be based on several factors, including previous success, peer information and user assistance. The main environment components, the Grid Director and Grid Manager, interoperate in a high-level workflow environment, so target goals can be retried with alternative solutions or achieved with human interaction. The use of high-level goals, with multiple solutions that are determined by past success, peer cooperation or human interaction, coupled with a flexible retry mechanism, results in a novel approach for distributed operating environments.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2006
Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering
grid director,alternative workflow schedule,grid manager,optimalgrid operating environment,autonomic operating environment,grid infrastructure,alternative solution,grid application,target goal,optimalgrid operating environment hide,human interaction
Field
DocType
Volume
Operating environment,User assistance,Abstraction,Computer science,Interoperability,Human interaction,Schedule,Workflow,Grid,Distributed computing
Journal
13
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
1069-2509
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
5
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
T. J. Lehman1753231.61
Robert Deen221.54
James H. Kaufman34611.23