SML Model-based Management

Models enable a clear separation between domain knowledge and application-specific details. In the system management arena, there are multiple implementations of model-based system management solutions, but until now, there was no industry-wide agreement on a common language or paradigm to enable interoperability. A new standard has been proposed to describe IT Services, the service modeling language ("SML"). While SML enables interoperability, it still poses challenges in terms of scalable model stores, model validation, and use. This paper discusses an architecture for SML model management and validation and describe and evaluate a prototype implementation with a use case on system management of PlanetLab.

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