GridCOMP main goal is the design and implementation of a component based framework suitable to support the development of efficient grid applications. The framework is evolved from Grid Component Model (GCM) specification defined within the Institute of Programming of the CoreGRID Network of Excellence, and is implemented on top of the ObjectWeb ProActive Grid middleware. Among the main features, GCM supports the development and deployment of self-management grid applications based onto the autonomic computing paradigm, which is aimed to automatically enforce used-defined levels of QoS for the applications in instable execution environments.

The GCM source code and the documents here linked are referred to the development status after the first year of the GridCOMP project (D.NFCF.02 summer 2007). As regard the autonomic features, D.NFCF.02 supports composite components exploiting a self-optimising functional replication of stateless components. Several other self-management patterns are currently under test within the project. For additional information please contact GridCOMP contact Marco Danelutto (marcod AT di.unipi.it - GridCOMP WP3 coordinator).

Slides

• Adaptative Behavior with GCM. M. Aldinucci, S. Campa, M. Danelutto, P. Dazzi, D. Laforenza, N. Tonellotto. Slides of the presentation held at GridCOMP meeting, Beijing, China, Oct 2007.
• Autonomic Features in GCM. M. Aldinucci, S. Campa, M. Danelutto, P. Dazzi, D. Laforenza, N. Tonellotto. Slides of the presentation held at CoreGRID plenary meeting, Paris, France, Jan 2008.

Code and Tutorial

• GCM source code (with basic autonomic and non functional features - early prototype). GridCOMP deliverable D.NFCF.02-code, Jun 2007.
• Usage tutorial of the GCM with basic autonomic and non functional features. GridCOMP deliverable D.NFCF.02, Jun 2007.

Related papers

• M. Aldinucci, S. Campa, M. Danelutto, M. Vanneschi, P. Dazzi, D. Laforenza, N. Tonellotto, and P. Kilpatrick. Behavioural skeletons in GCM: autonomic management of grid components. In D. E. Baz, J. Bourgeois, and F. Spies, editors, Proc. of Intl. Euromicro PDP 2008: Paral lel Distributed and network-based Processing, pages 54–63, Toulouse, France, Feb. 2008. IEEE.
• M. Aldinucci, S. Campa, M. Danelutto, P. Dazzi, P. Kilpatrick, D. Laforenza, and N. Tonellotto. Behavioural skeletons for component autonomic management on grids. In M. Danelutto, P. Frangopoulou, and V. Getov, editors, Making Grids Work, CoreGRID. Springer, June 2008.