Efficiently building on-line tools for distributed heterogeneous environments

Software development is getting more and more complex, especially within distributed middleware-based environments. A major drawback during the overall software development process is the lack of on-line tools, i.e. tools applied as soon as there is a running prototype of an application. The MIMO MIddleware MOnitor provides a solution to this problem by implementing a framework for an efficient development of on-line tools. This paper presents a methodology for developing on-line tools with MIMO. As an example scenario, we choose a distributed medical image reconstruction application, which represents a test case with high performance requirements. Our distributed, CORBA-based application is instrumented for being observed with MIMO and related tools. Additionally, load balancing mechanisms are integrated for further performance improvements. As a result, we obtain an integrated tool environment for observing and steering the image reconstruction application. By using our rapid tool d...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: SP
• Authors: Günther Rackl, Thomas Ludwig 0002, Markus Lindermeier, Alexandros Stamatakis
• Keywords: Image Reconstruction Application, On-line Tools, Security Privacy, SP 2002, Tool