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Analysis and Provision of QoS for Distributed Grid Applications

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Grid computing provides the infrastructure necessary to access and use distributed resources as part of virtual organizations. When used in this way, Grid computing makes it possible for users to participate in collaborative and distributed applications such as tele-immersion, visualization, and computational simulation. Some of these applications operate in a collaborative mode, requiring data to be stored and delivered in a timely manner. This class of applications must adhere to stringent real-time constraints and Quality-of-Service (QoS) requirements. A QoS management approach is therefore required to orchestrate and guarantee the timely interaction between such applications and services. We discuss the design and a prototype implementation of a QoS system, and demonstrate how we enable Grid applications to become QoS compliant. We validate this approach through a case study of an image processing task derived from a nanoscale structures application.

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  1. School of Computer Science, Cardiff University, Queen’s Buildings, Newport Road, CF24 3FX, Cardiff, UK

    Rashid J. Al-Ali, Omer F. Rana & David W. Walker

  2. Argonne National Laboratory, USA

    Kaizar Amin, Gregor von Laszewski, Mihael Hategan & Nestor Zaluzec

  3. University of North Texas, USA

    Kaizar Amin

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Al-Ali, R.J., Amin, K., von Laszewski, G. et al. Analysis and Provision of QoS for Distributed Grid Applications. J Grid Computing 2, 163–182 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10723-004-6743-8

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