The authors identify commercial grids as an emerging specialization of grid technology, and identify the need to define and satisfy service-level agreements (SLAs) as a fundamental requirement. They argue that SLAs? unique requirements impose the need for a dynamic offload infrastructure. This article describes the requirements such an infrastructure must meet, and describes a prototype implementation.
Index Terms:
Commercial grid, service level agreements, SLA, dynamic offload, autonomic computing
Citation:
Avraham Leff, James T. Rayfield, Daniel M. Dias, "Service-Level Agreements and Commercial Grids," IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 44-50, July/Aug. 2003, doi:10.1109/MIC.2003.1215659 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||