1. Towards Standards for Dynamic Resource Management An Invitation To Participate
Lonnie R. Welch
Center for Intelligent, Distributed & Dependable Systems
Ohio University
Michael W. Masters
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Dahlgren Division
Presented By
David Fleeman
Center for Intelligent, Distributed & Dependable Systems,
Ohio University
The Open Group – July 2003

2. Three Perspectives
Provide components that optimize performance for the local platform
Most transactions per second
Optimized disk caching
Provide mechanisms to allow a pool of computing resources to be shared for efficiency
The Grid
Provide guarantees of performance for distributed processes within a system
Goal of “dynamic resource management” – use the available components as a pool of shared computing resources such that there can be a guarantee for application performance.
“System Certification” is of key importance
July 2003
Ohio University

3. Standards for Dynamic Resource Management
Autonomous control of the resources used by applications such that:
Real-time constraints are satisfied
Performance is optimized
Previous presentations from Ohio University have discussed recent work in resource management patterns and some of the existing standards that may be applicable to resource management.
ARM – Application Response Measurement
CIM – Common Information Model
This presentation briefly provides:
An example instance of a resource management solution.
The patterns that have been identified within a collection of resource management solutions.
An invitation to participate in a forum to define resource management standards.
July 2003
Ohio University

4. An Example Dynamic Resource Manager
real-time applications
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Software &
Hardware
Specification
QoS (Path) Managers
resource allocations
Allocation Managers
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Ohio University

5. Resource Manager Architecture Layers
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Ohio University

6. Engineering Real-Time Systems Real-Time System Characterization
Patterns PLOP 2003
Engineering Real-Time Systems
Hardware Profiling
QoS Information Reporting
Performance Estimation
Allocation
Enactment
Software Profiling
QoS Monitoring
Feasibility Analysis
System Specification
Resource Monitoring
Allocation Optimization
Execution
System Information
Allocation Policing
Assessment &
Planning
Performance Data
Real-Time System Characterization
Control Function
Characteristics
Behavior
Dynamics
Timing Requirement
Workload
Task Relations
Environment
Form of Adaptation
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Real-Time System

7. Invitation To Participate
The Open Group has agreed to host a forum for defining standards for resource management.
We extend an invitation to industry and academic institutions that wish to participate in the standards effort.
Tentative schedule for the kick-off meeting is late August in the Washington D.C. area.
All interested people and institutions should contact:
Lonnie R. Welch
Center for Intelligent, Distributed & Dependable Systems
Ohio University
Michael W. Masters
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Dahlgren Division
July 2003
Ohio University