The Ninja architecture for robust Internet-scale systems and services

The Ninja project seeks to enable the broad innovation of robust, scalable, distributed Internet services, and to permit the emerging class of extremely heterogeneous devices to seamlessly access these services. Our architecture consists of four basic elements: bases, which are powerful workstation...

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Published in:Computer networks (Amsterdam, Netherlands : 1999) Netherlands : 1999), 2001-03, Vol.35 (4), p.473-497
Main Authors: Gribble, Steven D, Welsh, Matt, von Behren, Rob, Brewer, Eric A, Culler, David, Borisov, N, Czerwinski, S, Gummadi, R, Hill, J, Joseph, A, Katz, R.H, Mao, Z.M, Ross, S, Zhao, B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Distributed processing
Distributed systems
Internet
Ninja architecture
Ninja project
Pervasive computing
Scalability
Scalable services
Studies
Thin client computing
Thin clients
World Wide Web
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Summary:The Ninja project seeks to enable the broad innovation of robust, scalable, distributed Internet services, and to permit the emerging class of extremely heterogeneous devices to seamlessly access these services. Our architecture consists of four basic elements: bases, which are powerful workstation cluster environments with a software platform that simplifies scalable service construction; units, which are the devices by which users access the services; active proxies, which are transformational elements that are used for unit- or service-specific adaptation; and paths, which are an abstraction through which units, services, and active proxies are composed.
ISSN:1389-1286
1872-7069
DOI:10.1016/S1389-1286(00)00179-1