Cluster Management System (CMS)
A Cluster Management System (CMS) is a management system that can manage a computing cluster.
- AKA: Computer Cluster Manager.
- Context:
- It can be based on a Cluster Management Platform.
- It is (often) a software solution that manages resources and applications across a group of connected computers working together as a single system to ensure high availability and scalability.
- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Graphical User Interface, Super Computing, Cloud Computing, High Availability, Load Balancing (Computing), Container Orchestration System.
References
2024a
- (Wikipedia, 2024) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_manager Retrieved:2024-5-5.
- Within cluster and parallel computing, a cluster manager is usually backend graphical user interface (GUI) or command-line interface (CLI) software that runs on a set of cluster nodes that it manages (in some cases it runs on a different server or cluster of management servers). The cluster manager works together with a cluster management agent. These agents run on each node of the cluster to manage and configure services, a set of services, or to manage and configure the complete cluster server itself (see super computing.) In some cases the cluster manager is mostly used to dispatch work for the cluster (or cloud) to perform. In this last case a subset of the cluster manager can be a remote desktop application that is used not for configuration but just to send work and get back work results from a cluster. In other cases the cluster is more related to availability and load balancing than to computational or specific service clusters.
2024b
- (ChatGPT-OpenAI, 2024) ⇒ Prompt: Summarize the concept Cluster Management System in 1- 2 paragraphs. ChatGPT (model:gpt-4-turbo-preview). Retrieved: 2024-05-05.
- QUOTE: A Cluster Management System (CMS) is a software solution designed to manage the resources of a cluster—a group of linked computers that work together as a single system to ensure high availability, reliability, and scalability. This system streamlines the process of deploying, monitoring, managing, and scaling applications across the cluster. The purpose of a Cluster Management System is to optimize resource utilization, ensuring that workload distribution is efficient and that the overall performance of the applications running on the cluster meets the desired standards.
The CMS automates many aspects of the cluster operation, including the detection and recovery from failures, load balancing, and the management of the data storage and network resources. It provides a unified interface for administrators to control and configure the hardware and software components of the cluster effortlessly. By doing so, it helps in reducing complexity, improving system availability, and facilitating the scaling of applications in response to fluctuating demands. Cluster Management Systems are essential for businesses and organizations running data centers, cloud computing services, and large-scale web services, where high reliability and performance are mandatory.
- QUOTE: A Cluster Management System (CMS) is a software solution designed to manage the resources of a cluster—a group of linked computers that work together as a single system to ensure high availability, reliability, and scalability. This system streamlines the process of deploying, monitoring, managing, and scaling applications across the cluster. The purpose of a Cluster Management System is to optimize resource utilization, ensuring that workload distribution is efficient and that the overall performance of the applications running on the cluster meets the desired standards.