| Publisher | John von Neumann Institute for Computing | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Format | 151.4KB PDF | Date added | 01 Dec 2006 |
| Topics | Fault-Tolerant Servers, Resources Mgmt., SLA | ||
| Downloads | 10 | ||
Future applications of the Next Generation Grid will demand for flexible negotiation mechanisms supporting various ways of Quality-of-Service (QoS) guarantees. In this context a Service Level Agreement (SLA) is a powerful instrument for describing all obligations and expectations within a business partnership. Many research projects already focus on realizing SLAs within the Grid middleware. However, this is not sufficient. Resource Management Systems also have to be SLA-aware, since these systems provide their resources to Grid infrastructures. This paper presents the EU-funded project HPC4U (Highly Predictable Clusters for Internet Grids), which aims at realizing such an RMS by means of SLA-negotiation and SLA-aware scheduling, and application-transparent fault tolerance.
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