Virtualizing Resources: Customer-Oriented Cross-Domain Monitoring for Service Grids

After computational grids have lain the foundations for the functionalities and acceptance of grid infrastructures, service grids may now set a new paradigm in their development and construction. We present an organizational model using different roles for each service layer, and discuss the possibility to integrate customer-oriented service chains, located in exclusively delegated virtual service domains, and delivered by multiple providers. This short paper briefly introduces an approach to realizing dynamic customer-oriented resource monitoring for grids, and describes an ongoing effort to compose virtual monitoring instruments for individual grid users.