Dynamic Provisioning of Service Environments with ASPEN

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: 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

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

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

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.

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

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/

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