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.