Adaptive Timeout Discovery using the Network Weather Service (adapt-perform.pdf)

Matthew S. Allen. Rich Wolski, and James S. Plank,

High Performance Distributed Computing (HPCD-11), Edinburgh, Scotland, July 24-26, 2002.

Abstract

In this paper, we present a novel methodology for improving the performance and dependability of application-level messaging in Grid systems. Based on the Network Weather Service, our system uses non-parametric statistical forecasts of request-response times to automatically determine message timeouts. By choosing a timeout based on predicted network performance, the methodology improves application and Grid service performance as extraneous and overly-long timeouts are avoided. We describe the technique, the additional execution and programming overhead it introduces, and demonstrate the effectiveness using a wide-area test application.

@inproceedings{msa02adaptperform,
  author = "M. Allen and R. Wolski and J. Plank",
  title = "Adaptive Timeout Discovery using the Network Weather Service",
  booktitle = "High Performance Distributed Computing",
  year = "2002",
  month = "July"
}