http://ganglia.info/papers/Sacerdoti03Monitoring.pdf
is the paper which details federation. if you look at the example gmetad.conf in the distribution, you'll find comment about "scalability mode". this allows you to use a hierarchical delegation model (federation) which is extremely scalable. it's almost as simple as adding... scalable on to your gmetad.conf file. almost. -matt Buccaneer for Hire. wrote: > Is there a paper somewhere explaining federation in > detail? > > I am trying to build a monitor station anyone can come > to see what is going on with the clusters/grids that > we are responsible for, but I am having problems > trying to get the thing layed out. > > My problem is: > > (1) We manage a large cluster (2500+nodes/400+TB) and > now have it monitoring just fine for now and reporting > to two nodes. We are monitoring by scheuling queue > and infrastructure. > > (2) I have a grid composed of multiple clusters and > workstations with all the information coming to two > nodes/cluster and forwarding to the grid head node > (also bing . Some cluster can be resized dynamically > at any time. > > (3) a number of other smaller cluster (32 nodes or > so)in differing locations. > > I want to federate this to the uber monitor so that I > get summaries on the front page and can then drill > down. On this big cluster, it means I don't want all > 10 queues showing at the bottom until I start to drill > down. Does that make any sense to anyone? > > TIA, > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! > FareChase. > http://farechase.yahoo.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Ganglia-general mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-general > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Ganglia-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-general
