Monitoring and information services form a key component of a distributed system, or Grid. A
quantitative study of such services can aid in understanding the performance limitations …

Abstract The Globus Toolkit Monitoring and Discovery System (MDS4) defines and
implements mechanisms for service and resource discovery and monitoring in distributed …

Monitoring and information services form a key component of a distributed system, or grid. A
quantitative study of such services can aid in understanding the performance limitations …

Distributed virtual machines can help to build scalable, manageable, and efficient grid
infrastructures. The work proposed in this paper focuses on employing virtual machines for …

Grid technology offers the potential for providing secure access to remote services, thereby
promoting scientific collaborations in an unprecedented scale. Grid Resource Management …

Computational grids are probably among the most heterogeneous computing systems.
However, they are very attractive for their potential computational power. Their heterogeneity …

Monitoring and information system (MIS) implementations provide data about available
resources and services within a distributed system, or Grid. A comprehensive performance …

Management of Grid resource information is a challenging, and important area considering
the potential size of the Grid and wide range of resources that should be represented …

The Grid Information Service (GIS) is one of the Grid Common Services which make up the
basic functions belonging to Grids. This service offers a resource discovery mechanism, of …

Infomation is one of the main resources of a grid environment. Discovering and monitoring
resources are challenging problems due to the dynamic behaviour, geographic distribution …