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A resource broker with an efficient network information model on grid environments

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This paper describes a resource broker whose main function is to match available resources to user needs. The resource broker provides a uniform interface for accessing available and appropriate resources via user credentials. We also focus on providing approximate measurement models for network-related information using NWS for future scheduling and benchmarking. We first propose a network measurement model for gathering network-related information (including bandwidth, latency, forecasting, error rates, etc.) without generating excessive system overhead. Second, we constructed a grid platform using Globus Toolkit that integrates the resources of five schools in Taichung integrated grid environment resources (TIGER). The resource broker runs on top of TIGER. Therefore, it provides security and current information about available resources and serves as a link to the diverse systems available in the Grid.

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  1. High-Performance Computing Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung City, 40704, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Chao-Tung Yang, Cheng-Fang Lin & Sung-Yi Chen

  2. Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Po-Chi Shih

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Yang, CT., Shih, PC., Lin, CF. et al. A resource broker with an efficient network information model on grid environments. J Supercomput 40, 249–267 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-006-0025-0

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