Cloud Task Force Meeting

Europe/Zurich
CERN

CERN

Description
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    • 15:00 16:00
      Agenda
      • Task force highlights
      • Available cloud tools developed by EMI partners
      • Technical collaboration with other cloud projects (StratusLab and VenusC)
      • All hands meeting preparation
        • Who is attending
        • Cloud workshop
        • Additional internal technical meeting (just planned)

      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.