TY - GEN
T1 - Applying virtualization and system management in a cluster to implement an automated emulation testbed for grid applications
AU - Calheiros, Rodrigo N.
AU - Storch, Mauro
AU - Alexandre, Everton
AU - De Rose, Cesar A. F.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Although grid systems have evolved in such a way that they are largely used both in industry and academy, techniques to test and evaluate them, such as simulation and emulation, have limitations on both their applicability and their reliability. We are investigating the utilization of paravirtualization techniques merged with systems management tools to build an automated emulation framework for grid experiments. This framework accesses standard network resources to manage communication among virtual nodes, allowing virtual machines to behave like a real grid environment. The development of this framework involves the mapping of virtual machines to physical hosts, automatic deployment and management of virtual machines, automatic configuration of virtual network and experiment control. In this paper, we address these issues and present results demonstrating the feasibility and advantages of our approach.
AB - Although grid systems have evolved in such a way that they are largely used both in industry and academy, techniques to test and evaluate them, such as simulation and emulation, have limitations on both their applicability and their reliability. We are investigating the utilization of paravirtualization techniques merged with systems management tools to build an automated emulation framework for grid experiments. This framework accesses standard network resources to manage communication among virtual nodes, allowing virtual machines to behave like a real grid environment. The development of this framework involves the mapping of virtual machines to physical hosts, automatic deployment and management of virtual machines, automatic configuration of virtual network and experiment control. In this paper, we address these issues and present results demonstrating the feasibility and advantages of our approach.
KW - cloud computing
KW - computational grids (computer systems)
KW - emulators (computer programs)
KW - performance
UR - http://handle.westernsydney.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:38298
U2 - 10.1109/SBAC-PAD.2008.12
DO - 10.1109/SBAC-PAD.2008.12
M3 - Conference Paper
SN - 9780769534237
SP - 97
EP - 104
BT - Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing (SBAC-PAD '08), 29 October - 1 November 2008, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
PB - IEEE
T2 - Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing
Y2 - 29 October 2008
ER -