At 03:27 PM 2003-10-20, John DeCarlo wrote:
>Hello,
>
>To follow up on Heather's question at the last conference call, I thought
>the concluding paragraph from an InformationWeek article to be interesting.
>
>http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=15306189
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>Standards make the most sense when it comes to the data-center management
>tools needed to tie together servers, storage, and networking into the
>much-anticipated utility computing model, Haff says. The management
>software available today from HP, IBM, Sun, and others can do high-level
>management--checking CPU use and whether the operating system is up or
>down, for example--but the ability to dynamically reallocate system
>resources across different server platforms or create virtual servers
>requires a level of integration and sophistication not yet available from
>a single management tool. Says Haff, "None of the systems vendors can
>manage third-party products with the same thoroughness and depth they can
>manage their own products."
>==========
What about Grid Computing and OGSA?
DCML seems like duplication with OGSA.
http://www.globus.org/ogsa/
Paul
