2007/02/24 by Srikumar Venugopal, Krishna Nadiminti, Venugopal, Srikumar +5
Computer Science · #Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems #Interconnection Networks and Systems #Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques #cs.DC #cs.SE
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cs/0702145
26 pages, 15 figures
arxiv created 2007/02/24 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Grids provide uniform access to aggregations of heterogeneous resources and services such as computers, networks and storage owned by multiple organizations. However, such a dynamic environment poses many challenges for application composition and deployment. In this paper, we present the design of the Gridbus Grid resource broker that allows users to create applications and specify different objectives through different interfaces without having to deal with the complexity of Grid infrastructure. We present the unique requirements that motivated our design and discuss how these provide flexibility in extending the functionality of the broker to support different low-level middlewares and user interfaces. We evaluate the broker with different job profiles and Grid middleware and conclude with the lessons learnt from our development experience.