Achieving better performance through true best effort in scavenging grid computing

In addition to an untuned performance, inefficient resource management in hinders any attempt to offer Quality of Service in scavenging grids. In this case, Best-Effort mechanisms are synonym to unreliability. Evidently it would be impossible, with undedicated resources, to offer any deterministic warranty (if based on a classic reservation of resources) to service access. Although the usage of scavenging grids for real-time execution remains a challenge, new "Service Qualities" may be proposed to compatiblize applications' preferences versus system oscillations. Categories and Subject Descriptors C.2.4 [Distributed Systems]: Distributed applications;

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: EATIS
• Authors: Raphael de Aquino Gomes, Fábio Moreira Costa, Fouad Joseph Georges
• Keywords: EATIS 2008, Inefficient Resource Management, Information Management, Scavenging, Untuned Performance