This is a static archive of the previous Open Grid Forum Redmine content management system saved from host redmine.ogf.org file /dmsf_files/9166?download=14166 at Fri, 04 Nov 2022 19:50:54 GMTThis definition has being discussed at some length on the mailing list. This reflects the current definition.
"An advance reservation is a possibly limited or restricted delegation of a particular resource capability over a defined time interval, obtained by the requester from the resource owner through a negotiation process."Example resource capabilities: number of processors, amount of memory, disk space, software licences, network bandwidth, etc.
It is worth noting that this definition is more detailed than the one used in the Grid Scheduling Dictionary (GFD-I.11):
"The process of requesting various resources for use at a later time."