Abstract

The Globus Toolkit Monitoring and Discovery System (MDS4) defines and implements mechanisms for service and resource discovery and monitoring in distributed environments. MDS4 is distinguished from previous similar systems by its extensive use of interfaces and behaviors defined in the new WS-Resource Framework and WS-Notification specifications, and by its deep integration into essentially every component of the Globus Toolkit. We describe the MDS4 architecture and the Web service interfaces and behaviors that allow users to discover resources and services, monitor resource and service states, receive updates on current status, and visualize monitoring results. We also describe how MDS4 can be used to implement large-scale distributed monitoring and distributed systems, and present experimental results that provide insights into the performance that can be achieved via the use of these mechanisms.

Metadata

publication

Preprint ANL/MCS-P1248-0405, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 23, 2005

year

2005

publication date

2005/4

authors

Jennifer M Schopf, Mike D’arcy, Neill Miller, Laura Pearlman, Ian Foster, Carl Kesselman

link

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=f7c459684da5cdb7e5bd12509da7f9d5442ff14c

resource_link

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=f7c459684da5cdb7e5bd12509da7f9d5442ff14c

journal

Preprint ANL/MCS-P1248-0405, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL

volume

23