Minutes:
- Participants
- Shahbaz Memon (JUELICH)
- Björn Hagemeier(JUELICH)
- Davide Solomoni (INFN)
- Peter Solomoni (INFN)
- Szabolcs Székelyi (NIIFI)
- Zsombor Nagy (NIIFI)
- Florido Paganelli (Lund University)
1. Discussed the EMI's cloud related documentation from DNA1.3.1 and DoW
1.1 excerpt from from DNA 1.3.1 (Technical Development Plan)
- [44] Evaluate integration scenarios with off-the-shelf computing cloud systems
- [52] Successful computational usage of emerging computing models i.e. clouds with EMI components
- Focus is clouds and thus only virtualization in this context - all other topics of virtualization are tackled by virtualization task force
- EMI-2: CEs capable scaling out to clouds, and Cloud Services
1.2 excerpt from DoW
- Interoperability between grids, supercomputers and emerging computing models like clouds and desktop grids will be extended to address scalability and accessibility requirements. (Project Vision Page 11)
- bridge the gap between grid and cloud infrastructures. (Page 26)
- MS29. MJRA1.4 - Successful computational usage of emerging computing models->This milestone indicates a success in using emerging computing models (i.e. clouds) with EMI components. (Page 33)
1.3 excerpt from wiki
- To be Confirmed:Expected result is a 5 page report (wiki page or document) that also includes one rough architecture / infrastructure sketch
1.4 goal: due M30 (Oct 2012)-> A-REX, CREAM, U. TSI, U. XNJS, U. EMIXS. Successful computational usage of emerging computing models i.e. clouds with EMI components (scaling out to clouds).
2 Status of the technical collaboration with other projects (StratusLab and VenusC)
2.1 VenusC
- Meeting with KTH (PDC) at the EGI Technical Forum
- Rough draft is available from Annex (Not visible for all). We are expecting a draft architecture in December.
- The project's major focus is on SaaS/PaaS
3.1 StratusLab
- SkypeCon with Vangelis Floros from GRNet
- Technical documents / deliverables available
- The project will produce the IaaS layered components
3 All hands meeting preparation
- Who is attending (Davide Solomony, Zsombor Nagy, Eric Yen, Shahbaz Memon)
- Planned presentations (WNode, NorduGrid cloud initative, Presentations on StratusLab and VenusC)
- It is also planned to discuss requirements, work plan, and time lines
4 Available cloud tools developed by EMI partners
Davide: WNode - a virtualized environment providing integration of grid (gLite) and cloud (OCCI) resources
Zsombor: NIIF implemented and hosting a cloud service, where it is possible to create and run a collection of virtual machines with one command e.g. an SGE cluster with ARC's A-Rex service installed on the head node.