Decentralized resource acquisition from autonomous markets in a QoS-capable environment

摘要

We present a protocol for acquiring multiple resources that are traded through autonomous markets. Further, we describe the protocol's application to and implementation in a prototype system that supports prioritized end-to-end QoS for applications invoking services over an ATM switch. The corresponding network and server resources are allocated to applications via auctions that are performed independently of each other. Finally, we investigate the effects of market autonomy and protocol design in the performance of the system by discussing results of experiments for alternative system configurations and workloads.