Title :
Monitoring distributed systems
Author :
Mansouri-Samani, Masoud ; Sloman, Morris
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
Abstract :
It is suggested that a functional model of monitoring in terms of the generation, processing, dissemination, and presentation of information can help determine the facilities needed to design and construct distributed systems. Implementation issues are also discussed, with attention given to the intrusiveness of monitoring systems and object-based implementation. It is concluded that generic monitoring services are important tools for managing distributed systems and for debugging during system development. Monitoring services may also be needed as part of the application itself, such as in process control and factory automation.<>
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; distributed processing; information dissemination; object-oriented methods; program debugging; debugging; distributed systems management; distributed systems monitoring; factory automation; functional model; information dissemination; information generation; information presentation; information processing; monitoring services; object-based implementation; process control; system development; Clocks; Communication system control; Control systems; Delay systems; ISO standards; Monitoring; Resource management; Synchronization; System testing; Visualization;
Journal_Title :
Network, IEEE
