Kiddle Cybera Summit08 Cloud

Cloud Computing on the HP Labs Data Centre at the University of Calgary Cameron Kiddle Grid Research Centre University of Calgary

Outline What is cloud computing? Who are the players? Why use cloud-based solutions? What is our (GRC’s) cloud solution? How do you integrate services in our solution? Demonstration Cybera Summit Cloud Computing Workshop - 2 September 29, 2008

What is Cloud Computing? A wide variety of definitions floating around Key features: Everything as a Service (EAAS) Utility/On-demand Accessibility/Transparency Scalability Virtualization Cybera Summit Cloud Computing Workshop - 3 September 29, 2008

Cloud vs. Grid vs. Utility Computing Cloud Computing Transparent access to scalable and dynamic services over the Internet Grid Computing Coordinated sharing of heterogeneous resources across administrative domains Utility Computing Business model for providing resources on-demand as a metered service Cybera Summit Cloud Computing Workshop - 4 September 29, 2008

Who are the Players? Rapidly growing number of cloud vendors Offering many different services at many different levels (proprietary solutions) No standards, lack of portability Vendor lock-in is an issue Cybera Summit Cloud Computing Workshop - 5 September 29, 2008

Why Use Cloud-based Solutions? Reduce capital, support and maintenance costs Pay only for what you use Get access to more/fewer resources when needed Ready to use for users No more downloads, installations or updates Simplify and speed up software development Don’t have to support multiple platforms Application popularity and lifespan difficult to predict Scale applications according to user demand Cybera Summit Cloud Computing Workshop - 6 September 29, 2008

Case Study: Application Popularity on Facebook Difficult to predict popularity Monthly Active Users and lifespan of applications vs. Rank of Facebook Applications (September 12, 2008) Facebook Application Growth Sep. 2007: ~ 3700 Sep. 2008: ~39000 Facebook Application Popularity (Sep. 12, 2008) 39181 applications Active user data for 37155 apps 3 apps > 10 million active users 80% apps < 1000 active users Cybera Summit Cloud Computing Workshop - 7 September 29, 2008

Case Study: Animoto – A Cloud Computing Success Story Animoto (http://animoto.com) Produces professional quality videos from images Runs on Amazon EC2 Popularity soared when promoted on Facebook During the course of 4 days: Jumped from 8 to 450 renderings per minute ~20000 new users per hour 3500 instances running on Amazon EC2 at peak (Source: D. Barker. You Need 3,500 Servers by When?! On-demand Enterprise. 2008.07.07) Cybera Summit Cloud Computing Workshop - 8 September 29, 2008

GRC and Cloud Computing GRC is collaborating with HP Labs to: Explore the use of virtualization in data centre automation Explore the use of social networking platforms in improving user experience Research conducted on HP Labs Data Centre at the University of Calgary 320 HP ProLiant BL465 C-class blades (1280 cores) Donated in large part by HP Cybera Summit Cloud Computing Workshop - 9 September 29, 2008

Our Cloud-based Solution ASPEN: Automated Service Provisioning ENvironment Cybera Summit Cloud Computing Workshop - 10 September 29, 2008

ASPEN: Key Components Utility Provider Orchestrator (UPO) Schedules, allocates and manages virtual appliances Handles requests from Service Provider Agents (SPAs) Service Provider Agent (SPA) Facilitates communication between UPO and service provider Implemented custom to type of service environment Monitors service environment Requests/returns virtual appliances from/to UPO as needed Cybera Summit Cloud Computing Workshop - 11 September 29, 2008

Integrating Services in ASPEN Create Virtual Appliances Establish Service Environments Create Service Provider Agents (SPAs) Establish Service Level Agreements Cybera Summit Cloud Computing Workshop - 12 September 29, 2008

Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) Demonstrator FDS – legacy application developed by NIST Created comprehensive environment for FDS Upload/edit input files Submit/resubmit simulations Download results Visualize results Share/interact with other users Cybera Summit Cloud Computing Workshop - 13 September 29, 2008

FDS Demonstrator Infrastructure Cybera Summit Cloud Computing Workshop - 14 September 29, 2008

FDS Demonstration Cybera Summit Cloud Computing Workshop - 15 September 29, 2008

Contact Information Cameron Kiddle kiddlec@cpsc.ucalgary.ca http://grid.ucalgary.ca/ Cybera Summit Cloud Computing Workshop - 16 September 29, 2008

Kiddle Cybera Summit08 Cloud

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