Model-Driven Placement of Compute Tasks and Data in a Networked Utility

An important problem in resource management for networked resource-sharing systems is the simultaneous allocation of multiple resources to an application. Selfoptimizing systems must co-allocate resources in a way that reconciles competing demands and maximizes global system objectives under dynamic conditions. We propose a simple model-driven approach to estimate the performance of a candidate assignment of resources, and select the best candidate to meet local or global goals. In this work, we address the placement of batch compute tasks and data in a network of compute and storage sites. We use the model to select placements for a set of synthetic benchmarks and a functional MRI processing application. Our experiments show that the model predicts the performance of candidate assignments within 10% of the empirical values.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ICAC
• Authors: Piyush Shivam, Adriana Iamnitchi, Aydan R. Yumerefendi, Jeffrey S. Chase
• Keywords: Autonomic Computing, Candidate Assignments, ICAC 2005, Networked Resource-sharing Systems, Simple Model-driven Approach