Design, implementation, and evaluation of the remos network monitoring system

Journal of Grid Computing

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-93

  Lowekamp, Bruce ^a   Miller, Nancy ^b   Karrer, Roger ^c   Gross, Thomas ^b,c   Steenkiste, Peter ^b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Network monitoring

Indexed keywords

DESIGN GOAL; DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS; LOCAL NETWORKS; NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS; NETWORK MONITORING; NETWORK MONITORING SYSTEMS; RESOURCE INFORMATION;

GRID COMPUTING; HARDWARE;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84867119415     PISSN: 15707873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024039729687     Document Type: Article

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