Distributed configuration management using composite objects and constraints

Author

Coatta, Terry ; Neufeld, Gerald

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada

fYear

1994

fDate

21-23 Mar 1994

Firstpage

112

Lastpage

122

Abstract

Distributed programming has transformed applications into federations of cooperating components. Complex interactions between components create complex interdependencies which are outstripping the capacity of systems managers. Adding configuration management features to an application´s components reduces flexibility and portability. The Raven Configuration Management System (RCMS) handles configuration management orthogonally to the task of programming components. RCMS groups related components together, and provides rules which govern their interactions. RCMS combines object-oriented structuring with declarative programming to improve reliability and performance in the presence of an evolving environment. An initial version of RCMS has been completed, including a compiler and run-time support routines

Keywords

configuration management; object-oriented programming; parallel programming; software engineering; RCMS; Raven Configuration Management System; compiler; complex interdependencies; composite objects; configuration management features; constraints; cooperating components; declarative programming; distributed configuration management; distributed programming; object-oriented structuring; programming components; run-time support routines; Computer science; Control systems; Information retrieval; Monitoring; Performance loss; Postal services; Power system management; Project management; Routing; Runtime;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Configurable Distributed Systems, 1994., Proceedings of 2nd International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5390-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWCDS.1994.289930

Filename

289930