An adaptive and dependable distributed monitoring framework

This paper discusses several relevant aspects of performing monitoring in the context of software-intensive systems. The focus is especially on cases where the observed system is distributed, and the monitoring system needs to be secure, dependable and capable of adapting to a number of dynamic scenarios during the system evolution. Based on the analysis of monitoring needs in this type of domain, a set of core requirements for providing a monitoring framework for these domains is defined. To address these requirements, a high-level reference architecture for a monitoring framework is presented. These requirements and reference architecture provide a basis for designing different monitoring systems.