Grid-based SLA management

Abstract

This paper presents an architecture for specifying, monitoring and validating Service Level Agreements (SLA) for use in Grid environments. SLAs are an essential component in building Grid systems where commitments and assurances are specified, implemented and monitored. Targeting compute resources, an SLA manager reserves resources for user applications requiring resources on demand. Methods for automated monitoring and violation capture are discussed showing how Service Level Objectives (SLO) can be validated. A SLA for a compute service is specified and experiments carried out on the White Rose Grid. Results are presented in the form of a SLA document and show the violations that were captured during task execution. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.