R-GMA: An Information Integration System for Grid Monitoring

Computational Grids are distributed systems that provide access to computational resources in a transparent fashion. Collecting and providing information about the status of the Grid itself is called Grid monitoring. We describe R-GMA (Relational Grid Monitoring Architecture) as a solution to the Grid monitoring problem. It uses a local as view approach to information integration and will be a component of the European Union’s DataGrid. The R-GMA architecture and mechanisms are general and could be used in other areas where there is a need for publishing and querying information in a distributed fashion.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: COOPIS
• Authors: Andrew W. Cooke, Alasdair J. G. Gray, Lisha Ma, Werner Nutt, James Magowan, Manfred Oevers, Paul Taylor, Rob Byrom, Laurence Field, Steve Hicks, Jason Leake, Manish Soni, Antony J. Wilson, Roney Cordenonsi, Linda Cornwall, Abdeslem Djaoui, Steve Fisher, Norbert Podhorszki, Brian A. Coghlan, Stuart Kenny, David O'Callaghan
• Keywords: COOPIS 2003, Grid, Grid Monitoring, Grid Monitoring Architecture, Information System