Coulson, G and Blair, Gordon and Parlavantzas, N and Yeung, W K and Cai, W (2004) Applying the reflective middleware approach in Grid computing. Concurrency and computation-Practice & experience, 16 (5). pp. 433-440. ISSN 1532-0626
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Significant progress has been made in the design and development of object-based distributed systems and, more recently, in component-based reflective middleware platforms-i.e. middleware platforms that, through reflection, can be flexibly configured, and runtime adapted/reconfigured-especially in terms of non-functional properties like quality of service (QoS). In this paper we consider how ideas and principles from such platforms can usefully be applied in a Grid context, specifically, an Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA) context. To this end, we identify weaknesses in OGSA in the areas of generic service provision, scalability/performance engineering, and, especially, lack of support for QoS specification and realization, and suggest how these can be alleviated. We believe that such areas will become increasingly important as sophisticated e-Science applications start to exploit the potential of OGSA's service-based architecture. We also report on our current research on developing a binding-type framework, a resource management framework, and a set of performance optimizations for an ongoing OGSA implementation we are working on. Copyright (C) 2004 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Concurrency and computation-Practice & experience |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Grid computing ; reflective middleware ; component-based middleware ; quality of service |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > School of Computing & Communications |
| ID Code: | 52572 |
| Deposited By: | ep_importer_pure |
| Deposited On: | 09 Mar 2012 16:30 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 20:06 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/52572 |
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