Encompass: Managing Functionality

Goldshmidt, O.; Rochwerger, Benny; Glikson, Alex; Shapira, Inbar; Domany, Tamar

doi:10.1109/ipdps.2007.370629

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“…The reluctance to use online services as a replacement for traditional software is lessening; the success of companies such as salesforce.com** proves that with the right set of security warranties and a competitive price, companies are willing to trust even their most valuable data-customer relations-to an online service provider. At the same time, virtualization has made it possible to decouple the functionality of a system as it is captured by the software stack (operating system, middleware, application, configuration, and data) from the physical computational resources on which it executes [8]. This, in turn, enables a new model of online computing: Instead of specially crafted online software, we can now think in terms of general-purpose online virtual machines (VMs) that can perform any computational task.…”

Section: Reservoir Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Reservoir model and architecture for open federated cloud computing

Rochwerger

Breitgand

Levy³

et al. 2009

IBM J. Res. & Dev.

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The emerging cloud-computing paradigm is rapidly gaining momentum as an alternative to traditional IT (information technology). However, contemporary cloud-computing offerings are primarily targeted for Web 2.0-style applications. Only recently have they begun to address the requirements of enterprise solutions, such as support for infrastructure service-level agreements. To address the challenges and deficiencies in the current state of the art, we propose a modular, extensible cloud architecture with intrinsic support for business service management and the federation of clouds. The goal is to facilitate an open, service-based online economy in which resources and services are transparently provisioned and managed across clouds on an ondemand basis at competitive costs with high-quality service. The Reservoir project is motivated by the vision of implementing an architecture that would enable providers of cloud infrastructure to dynamically partner with each other to create a seemingly infinite pool of IT resources while fully preserving their individual autonomy in making technological and business management decisions. To this end, Reservoir could leverage and extend the advantages of virtualization and embed autonomous management in the infrastructure. At the same time, the Reservoir approach aims to achieve a very ambitious goal: creating a foundation for next-generation enterprise-grade cloud computing.

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Section: Reservoir Approachmentioning

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“…In addition, the manifest contains the information and rules necessary to automatically create from a single, parameterized master image unique VEE instances that can run simultaneously without conflicts [8]. The manifest also specifies the grouping of components into virtual networks and tiers that form the service applications.…”

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The Reservoir model and architecture for open federated cloud computing

Rochwerger

Breitgand

Levy³

et al. 2009

IBM J. Res. & Dev.

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“…For each of these component types, the manifest specifies a reference to a master image, i.e., a self-contained software stack (OS, middleware, applications, data, and configuration) that fully captures the functionality of the component type. In addition, the manifest contains the information and rules necessary to automatically create, from a single parameterized master image, unique VEE instances that can run simultaneously without conflicts [4]. The manifest also specifies the grouping of components into virtual networks and/or tiers that form the service applications.…”

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An Extensible Model and Architecture Design for United Cloud Computing

Gui

Zhang

2011

KEM

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the cloud computing has the potential of becoming a revolutionary technology that changes the way service computing is performed. This paper presents a new Extensible Model and Architecture for United Cloud Computing, This model explicitly addresses the limited scalability of a single-provider cloud, the lack of interoperability among cloud providers, and the lack of built-in Business Service Management support in current cloud offerings. The principles introduced in this paper are essential for the cloud computing vision to materialize to its full extent.

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“…We investigated the performance implications of using a scale-out environment as opposed to a scale-up environment in [15,16,18,20]. We also investigated the challenges of provisioning the large number of servers needed for a scale-out environment in [7] and image management techniques in [9].…”

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Scalable server provisioning with HOP-SCOTCH

Daly

Silva

Moreira

2008

2008 IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing

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The problem of provisioning servers in a cluster infrastructure includes the issues of coordinating access and sharing of physical resources, loading servers with the appropriate software images, supporting storage access to users and applications, and providing basic monitoring and control services for those servers. We have developed a system called HOP-SCOTCH that automates the provisioning process for large clusters. Our solution relies on directory services to implement access control. It uses network boot and managed root disks to control the image of each server. We leverage IBM's Global Storage Architecture to provide storage to users and applications. Finally, interfaces are provided to access the services both programmatically and interactively. We demonstrate the scalable behavior of HOP-SCOTCH by experimenting with a cluster of 40 blade servers. We can provision all 40 servers with a brand new image in under 15 minutes.

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Encompass: Managing Functionality

Abstract: Today's system management tools focus on a computer as a visible enclosure of both computational resources (CPU and memory)

Cited by 5 publications

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The Reservoir model and architecture for open federated cloud computing

The Reservoir model and architecture for open federated cloud computing

An Extensible Model and Architecture Design for United Cloud Computing

Scalable server provisioning with HOP-SCOTCH

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