Dynamic Provisioning of Service Environments with ASPEN Cameron Kiddle , Roger Curry, Nayden Markatchev, Andrey Mirtchovski, Rob Simmonds and Tingxi Tan Grid Research Centre University of Calgary

Outline ASPEN Fire Dynamics Simulator Demonstrator Cloud-based Rendering Service Demonstration Summit 09 Oct. 13, 2009

ASPEN

Fire Dynamics Simulator Demonstrator

Cloud-based Rendering Service

Demonstration

ASPEN: Automated Service Provisioning ENvironment Supports dynamic provisioning of virtual resources based on user demand Developed by Grid Research Centre in collaboration with HP Labs Technologies Employed Torque – physical resource management Moab – virtual resource scheduling Xen – virtualization Solaris ZFS – image management (cloning) Summit 09 Oct. 13, 2009

Supports dynamic provisioning of virtual resources based on user demand

Developed by Grid Research Centre in collaboration with HP Labs

Technologies Employed

Torque – physical resource management

Moab – virtual resource scheduling

Xen – virtualization

Solaris ZFS – image management (cloning)

ASPEN – High Level Architecture Summit 09 Oct. 13, 2009

Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) Demonstrator Comprehensive environment for the Fire Dynamics Simulation (FDS) application (NIST) Demonstrates dynamic adaptivity of ASPEN Explores use of Web 2.0 and social networking technologies to provide enhanced experience for users Cyberinfrastructure employed Dynamic cloud-based dynamic infrastructure (ASPEN) Social networking-based user interface (Facebook) Summit 09 Oct. 13, 2009

Comprehensive environment for the Fire Dynamics Simulation (FDS) application (NIST)

Demonstrates dynamic adaptivity of ASPEN

Explores use of Web 2.0 and social networking technologies to provide enhanced experience for users

Cyberinfrastructure employed

Dynamic cloud-based dynamic infrastructure (ASPEN)

Social networking-based user interface (Facebook)

FDS Demonstrator Functionality Upload/edit input files Submit/resubmit simulations Download results Visualize results Share/interact with other users Summit 09 Oct. 13, 2009

Upload/edit input files

Submit/resubmit simulations

Download results

Visualize results

Share/interact with other users

FDS Demonstrator Infrastructure Summit 09 Oct. 13, 2009

Cloud-based Rendering Service Pilot project aimed at creating an on-demand cloud-based rendering service for EDM Studio Inc. Cyberinfrastructure employed: Dynamic cloud-based infrastructure (ASPEN/Eucalyptus) Social networking-based user interface (Ning/Elgg) Summit 09 Oct. 13, 2009 Low-resolution image from Frank Slide animation rendered by EDM Studio using ASPEN.

Pilot project aimed at creating an on-demand cloud-based rendering service for EDM Studio Inc.

Cyberinfrastructure employed:

Dynamic cloud-based infrastructure (ASPEN/Eucalyptus)

Social networking-based user interface (Ning/Elgg)

Rendering Service Functionality Create/share rendering projects Upload/edit input files Submit rendering jobs View/download rendered images and movies Summit 09 Oct. 13, 2009

Create/share rendering projects

Upload/edit input files

Submit rendering jobs

View/download rendered images and movies

Demonstration Summit 09 Oct. 13, 2009

Contact Information Summit 09 Oct. 13, 2009 Cameron Kiddle [email_address] http://pages.cspc.ucalgary.ca/~kiddlec/ http://grid.ucalgary.ca/