Identifying limits of scalability in distributed, heterogeneous, layer based monitoring concepts like SLAte

Abstract

In this paper we present the concept of a scalable job centric monitoring infrastructure. The overall performance of this distributed, layer based architecture called SLAte can be increased by installing additional servers to adapt to the demands of the monitored resources and users. Another important aspect is to offer a uniform global view on all data which are stored distributed to provide an easy access for users or visualisation tools. Additionally we discuss the impact of these uniform access layer on scalability.