Procedure Infrastructure Accounting

The accounting of D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Resources is based on the gCube Messaging System. This system is composed of a number of remote probes deployed in all the SmartGears empowered nodes that publish information to a central broker which is them consumed by the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. accounting framework. Different accounting information is produced, collected and collated:

• User Accounting
  • Information about the activity of VOVirtual Organization; and VREVirtual Research Environment. users in the portal: number of logins, executed jobs, accessed content, etc
  • This data is available from the Portal Accounting portlet ( only for Infrastructure Managers )

• Service Accounting
  • Information about the number, type, and duration of service calls
  • This data is available from the Node Accounting Portlet ( only for Infrastructure Managers )

• System Accounting
  • Information about the usage of specific D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Services, mostly the Services that act as interoperability mediators between iMarine and other e-infrastructures.

All the above information are available from the Node Accounting Portlet ( only for Infrastructure Managers ) at D4Science Accounting Site