Proposal for modifications to the OSCAR architecture to address challenges in distributed system management

Geoffroy Vallée, Thomas Naughton, Stephen L. Scott

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Abstract

OSCAR, a tool for the deployment and the management of clusters, has historically provided a simple Graphical User Interface (GUI) that aims to hide technical details associated with the management of such distributed platforms. The OSCAR GUI followed a fairly monolithic architecture, which was difficult to extend. Thankfully, OSCAR developers have made deep modifications to the overall OSCAR architecture to be much more modular, and as a result it is fairly simple to support OSCAR on new Linux distributions. However, a few questions remain. Is the present OSCAR architecture suitable to address current challenges needed for the management of distributed systems? For instance, is OSCAR providing a tool set that answers the needs of system administrators? This document presents a criticism of the present OSCAR architecture in order to identify current challenges related to distributed system management. Based on this analysis, we propose a modified version of the OSCAR architecture that emphasizes simplicity and incremental enhancements.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 22nd International Symposium on High Performance Computing Systems and Applications, HPCS 2008
Pages40-46
Number of pages7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event22nd International Symposium on High Performance Computing Systems and Applications, HPCS 2008 - Quebec, QC, Canada
Duration: Jun 9 2008Jun 11 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Symposium on High Performance Computing Systems and Applications
ISSN (Print)1550-5243

Conference

Conference22nd International Symposium on High Performance Computing Systems and Applications, HPCS 2008
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityQuebec, QC
Period06/9/0806/11/08

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