2K: a distributed operating system for dynamic heterogeneous environments

The first decades of the new millennium will witness an explosive growth in the number and diversity of networked devices and portals. We foresee high degrees of mobility, heterogeneity, and interactions among computing devices connected to global networks. While previous research in distributed ope...

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Main Authors: Kon, F., Campbell, R.H., Mickunas, M.D., Nahrstedt, K., Ballesteros, F.J.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer architecture
Computer science
Distributed computing
Environmental management
Explosives
Middleware
Operating systems
Portals
Power system management
Resource management
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Summary:The first decades of the new millennium will witness an explosive growth in the number and diversity of networked devices and portals. We foresee high degrees of mobility, heterogeneity, and interactions among computing devices connected to global networks. While previous research in distributed operating systems solved many problems related to resource management, they seldom addressed the problems of heterogeneity and dynamic adaptability. On the other hand, middleware solutions, like CORBA and Java/Jini, solve part of the heterogeneity problem by permitting seamless communication among different platforms. But, they do not address dynamic resource management and adaptability for applications requiring high-performance distributed computing. This paper presents 2K, an integrated operating system architecture that addresses the problems of resource management in heterogeneous networks, dynamic adaptability and configuration of component-based distributed applications.
ISSN:1082-8907
DOI:10.1109/HPDC.2000.868651