Implementing a secure, service oriented accounting system for computational economies

The ability to record and account for the usage of computational resources in a standardised way across different systems from multiple administrative domains is a precursor to widespread grid deployment and availability. We describe the implementation of a resource usage service (RUS), which is bas...

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Published inCCGrid 2005. IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid, 2005 Vol. 2; pp. 654 - 660 Vol. 2
Main Authors Ainsworth, J.D., MacLaren, J., Brooke, J.M.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2005
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Availability
Control systems
Grid computing
Information security
Middleware
Project management
Resource management
Robustness
Supercomputers
Web services
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Summary:The ability to record and account for the usage of computational resources in a standardised way across different systems from multiple administrative domains is a precursor to widespread grid deployment and availability. We describe the implementation of a resource usage service (RUS), which is based on two emerging Global Grid Forum (GGF) standards, and uses Web services technology. We address the issue of security, which is essential since usage information is potentially sensitive and must be verifiably accurate. We show that useful robust functionality can be provided using current Web services standards and we thus avoid over-dependency on evolving grid frameworks and middleware. This work has been undertaken within the UK e-Science project Markets for Computational Services, and builds on scenarios contributed to the project by organisations that manage and sell computing resource as a business.
ISBN:0780390741
9780780390744
DOI:10.1109/CCGRID.2005.1558626