Journal of Information Technology and Architecture (정보화연구)

Korea Institute of Enterprise Architecture (한국엔터프라이즈아키텍처학회)
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A Study of Advanced N-Tier Model for Improving Maintainability of Web Applications in Cloud Environment

클라우드 환경에서 웹 어플리케이션의 유지보수성 향상을 위한 N-계층 모델의 개선에 관한 연구

  • Kim, In-Kyu (Dept. of Management Information System, Kookmin University) ;
  • Shin, Joon-Chul (Dept. of Management Information System, Kookmin University)
  • 김인규 (국민대학교 경영정보학부) ;
  • 신준철 (국민대학교 경영정보학부)
  • Received : 2013.12.17
  • Accepted : 2013.12.31
  • Published : 2013.12.30
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Abstract

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has led to paradigm shifts in the information management area by combining it with SOA and Mashup. System developers now have more chances to access various high-quality functions through API opened on the web. But external resources are controlled by service providers so that it raises the component's uncertainty in system management which is related to external resources. In the cloud environment, components related to external resources causes negative effects on system's maintainability by making them dependant on service providers. This study proposes a way to enhance maintainability by using stable external resources. For this work, we suggest the N+1-tier model in which an external resource tier is added to the N-tier model. After that, we analyze how adding an external resource tier affects the decreasing complexity of maintainability and improving maintainability on web application.

클라우드 컴퓨팅의 등장으로 인해 최근의 어플리케이션 개발자들은 외부 자원을 적극적으로 활용하고 있다. 특히 클라우드 컴퓨팅의 기술 분류 중 서비스로서의 소프트웨어(Software as a Service, SaaS) 개념은 SOA, 매쉬업 등의 기술들과 결합하여 정보 자원 관리 패러다임을 변화시키고 있다. 개발자들은 웹에 공개된 API를 통해 고품질의 기능을 다양하게 제공받을 수 있는 기회를 갖게 되었다. 하지만 외부 컴퓨팅 자원은 서비스 제공자에 의해 통제된다. 관리적 측면을 고려할 때 외부 자원을 활용하는 어플리케이션의 이러한 문제는 관련된 컴포넌트의 불확실성을 증가시킨다. 클라우드 환경에서 외부 자원과 관련된 컴포넌트는 해당 기능을 제공하는 서비스 제공자에 의존함으로써 어플리케이션 유지보수성에 부정적인 영향을 미친다. 본 연구는 웹 어플리케이션 아키텍처가 외부 자원을 안정적으로 활용함으로써 유지보수성을 향상시킬 수 있는 방안을 제시한다. 이를 위해 기존의 N-계층 아키텍처에 외부 자원 계층을 추가한 N+1-계층 아키텍처를 제안한다. 그리고 외부 자원 계층의 추가가 웹어플리케이션 유지보수 복잡성의 감소와 유연성 및 변경가능성 등 유지보수성 향상에 미치는 영향을 분석한다.

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Acknowledgement

Supported by : 국민대학교

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