近年來在二十一世紀的今日,網路已形同日常生活中的一部分,也由於網路盛行、網路複雜度的提高下,相對使得網路管理更顯重要,網路管理者對網路管理系統依賴度越高。
對於傳統的主從式架構網路管理系統,利用單一主機的集中式管理,對於大型網路環境而言,不僅缺乏彈性和效率,更耗費大量的網路資源成本,並大量增加網路流量,因此不符合未來網路環境的使用成本。
本研究藉由Gavalas等學者所提出之移動式代理器(mobile agent)模型,建立以行動代理器作為資訊網路和控制網路間資料整合的媒介,提供自動化的伺服器效能平衡與簡單管理介面以供大眾管理使用,並結合Qos(quality of service)進而達到頻寬控管的目的。
Today, in the 21st century, networks have become parts of our daily lives. Increasing complexity of network makes the network management more and more important. Also network administrators rely heavily on the network management systems.
Traditional client-server network management systems use central managed computers as management stations. In a large-scale network environment, this is not only lacking of flexibility and efficiency, but also consuming lots of network resources, and also increasing the network flows a lot. This will not meet the requirement of future networks.
This research, based on the mobile agent model proposed by Gavalas, sets up a network management model using mobile agents as media conveying network management information. The model offers the automated server performance balancing and simple management interfaces for public management usage. The model combines QOS (quality of service) to achieve the goal of bandwidth control.