Patent ID: 8140677
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An autonomic grid, comprising: a plurality of interconnected computer systems, comprising a plurality of hosting services communicatively coupled to one another, each local one of the hosting services comprising: an administrative service configured both to communicate capability information about the local hosting service to others of the hosting services, and also to determine whether to deploy requested Web Services locally or remotely, wherein the administrative service is further configured to: detect in the local hosting service a request to invoke a Web service instance; responsive to the detection, determine in the local hosting service whether to permit the invocation in said local hosting service, or to provision the requested Web Service instance in a peer hosting service, the determining includes: a grid services Distributed Network Agreement (DNA) in which a plurality of grid services DNA documents are stored said grid services DNA documents providing information required to recreate corresponding hosting services; and, a grid services Distributed Network Agreement (DNA) interpreter configured to couple individual ones of said grid services DNA documents of said corresponding hosting services in order to perform self-healing of said corresponding hosting services.