[one-users] Use cases for consideration

[Ruben S. Montero]

Hi Sergio,

You may also be interested in this post[1], it describes some
technical details about using OpenNebula to implement the use cases
you describe in your email:

[1] http://blog.dsa-research.org/?p=98

Cheers

Ruben

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Ignacio Martin Llorente
<llorente at dacya.ucm.es> wrote:
> Hi Sergio,
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> Both scenarios can be implemented. You may be interested in the work developed by:
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> - BIG Grid VM Working Group: http://lists.opennebula.org/pipermail/users-opennebula.org/2010-February/001459.html
> - Batch Virtualization Project at CERN: http://indico.cern.ch/sessionDisplay.py?sessionId=15&slotId=0&confId=55893#2009-09-21
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> Regards
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> On 11/03/2010, at 18:19, Sergio Maffioletti, Grid Computing Competence Center wrote:
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>> Dear All
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>> I just joined the mailing list as I would like to find out whether OpenNebula could serve the purposes of our usecases.
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>> We are going to start an explorative project trying to implement a solution for managing VMs to allow users to run complex scientific applications
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>> Our main requirement is the possibility of integrating whatever VM management solution with the local resources (normally controlled by LRMS: Condor, SGE, PBS)
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>> the first usecase is a sort of Local cloud:
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>> we would like to integrate our own local resources (typically a Condor pool or an SGE cluster) and allow users to run applications in VMs (basically one VM per application).
>> The overall solution should provide a user interface batch-like where users can create a job description (pretty much like in SGE,PBS or in any sort of grid).
>> The solution should be able to identify which VM correspond to the user's request; deploy the VM on the local infrastructure, start it up and have it integrated as an additional execution node of the LRMS (being Condor or SGE).
>> Finally the LRMS job is submitted (and hopefully executed within the started VM)
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>> The system should also monitor the status of the LRMS job and of the VM; then, once the job is completed, stop the VM.
>> The system should also be able to decide whether the VM should be stopped, paused or just left up for the next queued job.
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>> Accounting should also be harmonized with the LRMS
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>> The second usecase is a sort of Hybrid cloud:
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>> As an extension of the above mentioned case, it should be possible to integrate external clouds (like EC2) seamlessly.
>> VM deployment and monitoring as well as accounting report should be adaptable to cope with this usecase
>> Ideally the cloud should be used to host VM that, somehow, should be seen at the LRMS as just additional compute nodes
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>> I would really appreciate some input and/or feedback on whether and how OpenNebula could provide the functionalities we are looking for,
>> or knowing that I'm completely off the track :)
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>> thanks in advance
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>> Cheers
>> Sergio :)
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>> sergio.maffioletti at gc3.uzh.ch
>> University of Zurich
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