THE VISION OF AUTONOMIC COMPUTING

WHAT IS AUTONOMIC COMPUTING ?

Autonomic Computing refers to computing infrastructure that adapts (automatically) to meet the demands of the applications that are in it A classical example for an Autonomic System the human body These are intelligent systems that are able to operate, manage and improve their own operations with minimum or with no human intervention.

NEED FOR AUTONOMIC SYSTEMS

Drivers increasing technological complexity

increased size of computing infrastructure

ballooning maintenance costs of infrastructure shortage of skilled labour

BENEFITS OF AUTONOMIC COMPUTING

Self-Management

BENEFITS OF AUTONOMIC COMPUTING

SELF-MANAGEMENT Self-healing detect improper operations and initiate corrective actions before they occur, without disrupting system applications or business processes Self-configuring adapt dynamically to changes in environment with little human intervention the IT

BENEFITS OF AUTONOMIC COMPUTING

Self-protection detect and identify hostile behaviors and take autonomous actions to protect itself against intrusive behaviors Self-optimization efficiently maximize resource allocation and utilization so as to ensure optimal quality of service while continuing to meet users needs with minimal human intervention

CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTONOMIC COMPUTING

To be Autonomic, a computing system needs to know itself and comprise components that also possess a system identity. An Autonomic Computing System must configure and reconfigure itself under varying and unpredictable conditions. An Autonomic Computing System never settles for Status quo it always looks for ways to optimize its working

CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTONOMIC COMPUTING

An Autonomic Computing System must perform something akin to healing it must be able to recover from routine and extraordinary events that might cause some of its parts to malfunction A Virtual World is no less than the Physical world, so an Autonomic Computing system must be an expert in selfprotection

An Autonomic Computing System knows its environment and the context surrounding its activity, and acting accordingly

CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTONOMIC COMPUTING

An Autonomic Computing System cannot exist in a Hermetic Environment An Autonomic Computing System will anticipate the optimized resources needed while keeping its complexity hidden

AUTONOMIC ELEMENT ARCHITECTURE

Autonomic Manager Analyze Monitor Plan

Managed Element

Autonomic Element

Autonomic Systems will be interactive collections of autonomic elements individual system constituents that contain resources and deliver services to humans and other autonomic elements

ENGINEERING CHALLENGES

i. Life cycle of an Autonomic Element Design, test and verification Installation and configuration Monitoring and problem determination Upgrading Managing the life cycle

ENGINEERING CHALLENGES

ii. Relationships among autonomic elements Specification

Location
Negotiation Provision

Operation
Termination

ENGINEERING CHALLENGES

iii. System wide issues Security

Privacy
Trust etc iv. Goal specification

SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGES

i. Behavioral abstractions and models ii. Robustness theory iii. Learning and optimization theory iv. Negotiation theory v. Automated statistical modeling

PATH TO AUTONOMIC COMPUTING

Basic Level IT professionals set up & monitor each infrastructure element. Managed Level system management technologies used to collect information from disparate systems on fewer consoles. Predictive Level Elements recognize patterns, predict optimal configuration & provide advice on course of action. Adaptive Level Systems themselves can take the right actions based upon the info that is available to them. Autonomic Level IT infrastructure governed by business policies & objectives. Users interact with the autonomic technology to monitor the business processes, alter the objectives, or both.

PROJECTS RELATED TO AUTONOMIC COMPUTING

Organization IBM Project eLiza

HP
Intel SUN UCB

Virus throttling software

Itanium2 N1 ROC

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