Monitoring Grid Resources: JMX in Action (original) (raw)

Abstract: This paper summarizes research on monitoring GRID resources, which resulted in theimplementation of the JIMS system. It contains an overview of the most important architectural andsoftware concepts that make the constructed system flexible and user-friendly. The paper evaluatesJMX and Web Service technologies as foundations for implementing monitoring systems. Particularattention has been paid to system adaptability, autoconfiguration and interoperability.Keywords: JMX, Grid, Monitoring, Distributed System, SOA, Web Services 1. Introduction Monitoring distributed computer system resources is an integral part of anymanagement activity. The grid computing concept [1] addresses issues related to ac-cessibility and transparent sharing of distributed computational, storage and com-munication resources among groups of users, putting the management aspects at theforefront of grid research. Recently, the grid research community has been inspiredby a new approach based on SOA (Servic...