Beyond virtual data centers: Toward an open resource control architecture

Abstract

This paper summarizes recent research on networked virtual computing in the NICL lab at Duke. Over the past few years, we have constructed a service-oriented substrate for networked sharing and adaptive middleware environments based on a virtual on-demand computing. The goal of the project is to develop protocols and tools that can link to- gether virtual computing clusters at different sites, and incorporate other kinds of resources (network tunnels, storage, and high-end computing resources) into a unified resource control plane for virtual computing. A key focus is to do this in a way that integrates well with existing middleware systems, to enable dynamic control of advanced virtual computing environments.