Autonomic Management of Large Clusters and Their I

Authors: Thomas Röblitz Florian Schintke Alexander Reinefeld Olof Bärring Maite Barroso Lopez German Cancio Sylvain Chapeland Karim Chouikh Lionel Cons Piotr Poznański Philippe Defert Jan Iven Thorsten Kleinwort Bernd PanzerSteindel Jaroslaw Polok Catherine Rafflin Alan Silverman Tim Smith Jan Eldik David Front Massimo Biasotto Cristina Aiftimiei Enrico Ferro Gaetano Maron Andrea Chierici Luca Dell’agnello Marco Serra Michele Michelotto Lord Hess Volker Lindenstruth Frank Pister Timm Morten Steinbeck David Groep Martijn Steenbakkers Oscar Koeroo Wim Som de Cerff Gerben Venekamp Paul Anderson Tim Colles Alexander Holt Alastair Scobie Michael George Andrew Washbrook Rafael A García Leiva

Publish Date: 2005/03/02

Volume: 2, Issue: 3, Pages: 247-260

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Abstract

We present a framework for the coordinated autonomic management of multiple clusters in a compute center and their integration into a Grid environment Site autonomy and the automation of administrative tasks are prime aspects in this framework The system behavior is continuously monitored in a steering cycle and appropriate actions are taken to resolve any problemsAll presented components have been implemented in the course of the EU project DataGrid The Lemon monitoring components the FT faulttolerance mechanism the quattor system for software installation and configuration the RMS job and resource management system and the Gridification scheme that integrates clusters into the Grid

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