1. Distributed Scalable Server Configuration Management
Proposal
Distributed Scalable Server Configuration Management
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2. Agenda Overview Related Research Existing Systems Proposed System
Plan & Schedule
Deliverables
Q & A
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3. Overview Servers Server Operating Systems Server Software
Configuration Management
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4. Related Research
A Smart Hill Climbing Algorithm for Application Server Configuration [1]
Strider: a black-box, state-based approach to change and configuration management and support [2]
Managing Energy and Server Resources in Hosting Centers [3]
System Management Framework and Tools for Beowulf Cluster [4]
Intelligent Configuration Management
Dynamic Node Configuration Management
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5. Related Research (cont)
Distributed Configuration Management via Java and the World Wide Web [5]
Dynamic Cluster Configuration and Management using JavaSpaces [6]
Java Base Configuration Management
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6. Existing Systems Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
Canonical Landscape
Webmin
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7. Proposed System
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8. Proposed System (cont)
Key Technologies
Java
Java EE
Glassfish
JPA
XML
HTTP
HTML
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9. Proposed System (cont)
Key Features
Distributed
Scalable
Pluggable
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10. Plan & Schedule Analysis & Planning Design Implementation Test Closure
1/18/11 – 2/26/11
2/27/11 – 3/12/11
3/13/11 – 4/9/11
4/10/11 – 4/23/11
4/24/11 – 5/14/11
* All dates are tentative.
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11. Deliverables Project Proposal Project Report Prototype
Prototype Test Bed
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12. Questions?
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13. References
Bowei Xi, Zhen Liu, Mukund Raghavachari, Cathy H. Xia, and Li Zhang A smart hill-climbing algorithm for application server configuration. In Proceedings of the 13th international conference on World Wide Web (WWW '04). ACM, New York, NY, USA, DOI= /
Yi-Min Wang, Chad Verbowski, John Dunagan, Yu Chen, Helen J. Wang, Chun Yuan, and Zheng Zhang STRIDER: A Black-box, State-based Approach to Change and Configuration Management and Support. In Proceedings of the 17th USENIX conference on System administration (LISA '03). USENIX Association, Berkeley, CA, USA,
Jeffrey S. Chase, Darrell C. Anderson, Prachi N. Thakar, Amin M. Vahdat, and Ronald P. Doyle Managing energy and server resources in hosting centers. In Proceedings of the eighteenth ACM symposium on Operating systems principles (SOSP '01). ACM, New York, NY, USA, DOI= /
Putchong Uthayopas, Surachai Paisitbenchapol, Thara Angskun, and Jullawadee Maneesilp System Management Framework and Tools for Beowulf Cluster. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on High-Performance Computing in the Asia-Pacific Region-Volume 2 - Volume 2 (HPC '00), Vol. 2. IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA, 935.
James J. Hunt, Frank Lamers, Jürgen Reuter, and Walter F. Tichy Distributed Configuration Management via Java and the World Wide Web. In Proceedings of the SCM-7 Workshop on System Configuration Management (ICSE '97), Reidar Conradi (Ed.). Springer-Verlag, London, UK,
Hawick, K.A.; James, H.A.; , "Dynamic cluster configuration and management using JavaSpaces," Cluster Computing, Proceedings IEEE International Conference on , vol., no., pp , 2001 DOI: /CLUSTR
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