A recurring problem in data centres is that the constantly changing workload is not proportionally distributed over the available servers. Some resources may lay idle while others ...
Roman van der Krogt, Jacob Feldman, James Little, ...
Abstract— Component-based applications require good middleware support. In particular, business logic should be separated from management code for guaranteeing nonfunctional prop...
GridX1 is a computational grid deployment of off-theshelf components using shared resources at several Canadian research institutions. This work evaluates the applicability of kna...
Daniel C. Vanderster, Nikitas J. Dimopoulos, Rafae...
Abstract. Despite significant progress in the development of Grid infrastructure, the provisioning of a customized and controllable remote execution environment remains an open iss...
Katarzyna Keahey, Ian T. Foster, Timothy Freeman, ...
Replication is a key technique for improving fault tolerance. Replication can also improve application performance under some circumstances, but can have the opposite effect under...