TY - GEN
T1 - On resource volatility in enterprise desktop grids
AU - Kondo, Derrick
AU - Fedak, Gilles
AU - Cappello, Franck
AU - Chien, Andrew A.
AU - Casanova, Henri
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Desktop grids, which use the idle cycles of many desktop PC's, are currently one of the largest distributed systems in the world. Despite the popularity and success of many desktop grid projects, the volatility of hosts within desktop grids has been poorly understood. Yet, such host characterization is essential for accurate simulation and modelling of such platforms. In this paper, we present application-level traces of four enterprise desktop grids with a wide range of user bases. We then describe aggregate and per host statistics that reflect the volatility of desktop grid resources. Further, we determine the correlation of volatility between resources, and investigate the correlation of volatility and other host characteristics. Finally, we detail a number of implications of these findings with respect to application performance.
AB - Desktop grids, which use the idle cycles of many desktop PC's, are currently one of the largest distributed systems in the world. Despite the popularity and success of many desktop grid projects, the volatility of hosts within desktop grids has been poorly understood. Yet, such host characterization is essential for accurate simulation and modelling of such platforms. In this paper, we present application-level traces of four enterprise desktop grids with a wide range of user bases. We then describe aggregate and per host statistics that reflect the volatility of desktop grid resources. Further, we determine the correlation of volatility between resources, and investigate the correlation of volatility and other host characteristics. Finally, we detail a number of implications of these findings with respect to application performance.
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U2 - 10.1109/E-SCIENCE.2006.261162
DO - 10.1109/E-SCIENCE.2006.261162
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:38449085072
SN - 0769527345
SN - 9780769527345
T3 - e-Science 2006 - Second IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing
BT - e-Science 2006 - Second IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing
T2 - e-Science 2006 - 2nd IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing
Y2 - 4 December 2006 through 6 December 2006
ER -