Re: [wsdm] DCML

[Paul Denning <pauld@mitre.org>]

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
>==========
>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