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Report on the experience (or the proposed activity). It would be very important to mention key services which are essential for the success of your activity on the EGEE infrastructure.
Our goal is to integrate Tycoon as a new service of EGEE, we
don't have special
requirements, we don't need to modify the EGEE middleware, Grid
special services,
etc. Standard and "tycoonized" nodes (Computing Elements and
Worker Nodes) must
coexist in the same Grid, working without problems.
Describe the added value of the Grid for the scientific/technical activity you (plan to) do on the Grid. This should include the scale of the activity and of the potential user community and the relevance for other scientific or business applications
Tycoon will give to EGEE a dynamic, flexible, secure and
transparent platform/service
to trade resources more efficiently. It could attract small and
medium VOs to the
EGEE project, they could take advantage of the Grid resources and
obtain extra
computing power while EGEE could obtain credits/money for its
service.
Describe the scientific/technical community and the scientific/technical activity using (planning to use) the EGEE infrastructure. A high-level description is needed (neither a detailed specialist report nor a list of references).
Tycoon is a market-based system for trade of resources. The idea
is to integrate
Tycoon with EGEE, obtaining a dynamic Grid ready to share
resources with others
(Universities, research centers, etc.). Tycoon will run as a new
service, deploying
and destroying virtual machines (Worker Nodes and Computing
Elements) on demand.
With a forward look to future evolution, discuss the issues you have encountered (or that you expect) in using the EGEE infrastructure. Wherever possible, point out the experience limitations (both in terms of existing services or missing functionality)
Our main issue would be to ensure the security of the whole
system (EGEE platform).
Tycoon will deploy Worker Nodes and Computing Elements
on-the-fly, reconfiguring the
Grid adding nodes on demand using virtual machines. This dynamic
part of the Grid
must not be a security problem.
