BCFG: a configuration management tool for heterogeneous environments Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:2058457, abstract = {Since clusters were first introduced, node counts have increased rapidly. Currently, a variety of clusters with more than one thousand nodes are listed on the TOP500 list. In the next three years, clusters with more than four thousand nodes are expected. Cluster management functionality has lagged behind all areas of system software. In order to effectively manage the clusters of today and tomorrow, the basic cluster management software model must change. Current techniques focus on the management of single nodes, as opposed to complete cluster configurations. This approach typically leads to automatic management of compute nodes, while using ad-hoc techniques to manage service nodes. Configuration management is the process where software configurations on clients are installed, updated and verified. To address these issues, we have begun the development of BCFG, a symbolic configuration management tools for heterogeneous clusters. It uses a multi-tiered configuration description.}, author = {Desai, N. and Lusk, A. and Bradshaw, R. and Evard, R.}, booktitle = {Cluster Computing, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International Conference on}, citeulike-article-id = {2058457}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1253358}, journal = {Cluster Computing, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International Conference on}, keywords = {cluster-computing, configuration-management, is, it, management}, pages = {500--503}, posted-at = {2007-12-05 00:53:28}, priority = {0}, title = {BCFG: a configuration management tool for heterogeneous environments}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1253358}, year = {2003} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:2058457 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2058457 N2 - Since clusters were first introduced, node counts have increased rapidly. Currently, a variety of clusters with more than one thousand nodes are listed on the TOP500 list. In the next three years, clusters with more than four thousand nodes are expected. Cluster management functionality has lagged behind all areas of system software. In order to effectively manage the clusters of today and tomorrow, the basic cluster management software model must change. Current techniques focus on the management of single nodes, as opposed to complete cluster configurations. This approach typically leads to automatic management of compute nodes, while using ad-hoc techniques to manage service nodes. Configuration management is the process where software configurations on clients are installed, updated and verified. To address these issues, we have begun the development of BCFG, a symbolic configuration management tools for heterogeneous clusters. It uses a multi-tiered configuration description. JF - Cluster Computing, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International Conference on EP - 503 TI - BCFG: a configuration management tool for heterogeneous environments T2 - Cluster Computing, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International Conference on SP - 500 KW - cluster-computing KW - configuration-management KW - is KW - it KW - management AU - Desai, N AU - Lusk, A AU - Bradshaw, R AU - Evard, R PY - 2003/// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1253358 ER -