Resource Brokering and Modeling.pptVIP

Resource Brokering and Modeling Jeroen van der Ham Paola Grosso UvA - AIR group http://www.science.uva.nl/research/air/ Our motivation The questions from the user: - how can I reserve paths (lightpaths) and book resources to run my applications? The questions from the provider: - How can we provide consistent interfaces? - How can we keep a consistent reservation system for the resources we control? End goal: - Completely automate the reservation and brokering for scenarios such as SC2004. Web services is an interesting solution to allow the users to access information on resources, their properties and services. Which resources? UvA LightHouse The control and brokering of the UvA/SARA LightHouse is our first implementation. Reason for this choice: equipment we control and manage (== single domain) A layer2 switch (Force10) … soon another Layer2/3 switch A photonic switch (GlimmerGlass) Computing nodes (VanGogh and Rembrandt clusters) connection to NetherLight World-wide access from researchers Need for resources coordination The interesting difference: The LightHouse is about more than just network equipment control (UCLP, DRAC): computing element need to be reserved too. Resource brokering Client goal is simple: two resources need to be “connected” to each other. Main goal of a broker: path determination How two resources are made to communicate with each other? resource management How resources are assigned to users in coherent fashion? resource monitoring How resource usage is monitored for planning purposes, for security assessment and error recovery? performance monitoring How the user request, service levels are guaranteed and monitored? Resources and reservations Path determination Resource Management Under the hood…. WEB portals 1. Network Element modeling: herlight.nl:8080/AIR/ For network element monitoring and simple configuration. This integrated with the AAA server from UvA (you need a username and a password to use it) 2. Resource Br