TY - GEN
T1 - The Probes Coordination Protocol: Periodic Task Coordination and Control across Administrative Boundaries
AU - Graham, Paul
AU - Nowell, Jeremy
AU - Kavoussanos-Kavoussanakis, Kostas
AU - Scharinger, Florian
AU - Palansuriya, Charaka
AU - Dobrzelecki, Bartosz
AU - Trew, Arthur
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The coordination and scheduling of affiliated tasks to be run at different sites is a challenging problem, specifically in the domain of network performance monitoring. This paper presents a software implementation of the Probes Coordination Protocol (PCP) which provides a solution to this problem. The PCP allows tasks to be executed regularly on a multitude of sites without the need for repeated user or administrator intervention. In addition it provides a robust mechanism for handling site failures, and a VOMS based security model to ensure appropriate usage. The paper provides the original motivation for the PCP, describes the PCP itself and discusses the new software implementation and its application.
AB - The coordination and scheduling of affiliated tasks to be run at different sites is a challenging problem, specifically in the domain of network performance monitoring. This paper presents a software implementation of the Probes Coordination Protocol (PCP) which provides a solution to this problem. The PCP allows tasks to be executed regularly on a multitude of sites without the need for repeated user or administrator intervention. In addition it provides a robust mechanism for handling site failures, and a VOMS based security model to ensure appropriate usage. The paper provides the original motivation for the PCP, describes the PCP itself and discusses the new software implementation and its application.
U2 - 10.1109/ICNS.2009.74
DO - 10.1109/ICNS.2009.74
M3 - Conference contribution
SP - 462
EP - 467
BT - 2009 Fifth International Conference on Networking and Services
ER -