An SOA-Based Model for the Integrated Provisioning of Cloud and Grid Resources. (20th November 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bosin, Andrea
• Other Names: Wu Guoquan Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Advances in software engineering. Volume 2012(2012)
• Publication Date: 2012-11-20
• Subjects: Software engineering -- Periodicals; Software engineering; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 005.1
• DOI: 10.1155/2012/212343
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-8655

Abstract

Abstract : In the last years, the availability and models of use of networked computing resources within reach of e-Science are rapidly changing and see the coexistence of many disparate paradigms: high-performance computing, grid, and recently cloud. Unfortunately, none of these paradigms is recognized as the ultimate solution, and a convergence of them all should be pursued. At the same time, recent works have proposed a number of models and tools to address the growing needs and expectations in the field of e-Science. In particular, they have shown the advantages and the feasibility of modeling e-Science environments and infrastructures according to the service-oriented architecture. In this paper, we suggest a model to promote the convergence and the integration of the different computing paradigms and infrastructures for the dynamic on-demand provisioning of resources from multiple providers as a cohesive aggregate, leveraging the service-oriented architecture. In addition, we propose a design aimed at endorsing a flexible, modular, workflow-based computing model for e-Science. The model is supplemented by a working prototype implementation together with a case study in the applicative domain of bioinformatics, which is used to validate the presented approach and to carry out some performance and scalability measurements.