Data Centre Automation and Sustainability Cameron Kiddle Research Fellow Grid Research Centre (GRC) University of Calgary

Automated Service Provisioning ENvironment (ASPEN) Developed by the GRC (in collaboration with HP Labs) to enable dynamic allocation and management of virtual machines/cloud services in a data centre Similar to Eucalyptus, Nimbus and OpenNebula but has greater focus on scheduling capabilities and efficient image management

Developed by the GRC (in collaboration with HP Labs) to enable dynamic allocation and management of virtual machines/cloud services in a data centre

Similar to Eucalyptus, Nimbus and OpenNebula but has greater focus on scheduling capabilities and efficient image management

Applications Running in ASPEN GeoChronos CANARIE NEP project a collaborative cloud-based computing environment for earth observation scientists Rendering Cloud Cybera industry pilot project with EDM Studio Inc A collaborative cloud-based rendering service

GeoChronos

CANARIE NEP project

a collaborative cloud-based computing environment for earth observation scientists

Rendering Cloud

Cybera industry pilot project with EDM Studio Inc

A collaborative cloud-based rendering service

Proposed Plans of the GRC Continue to explore automation and sustainability of data centres Improve efficiency, reduce operating costs, minimize ecological impact Extend ASPEN to support migration of virtual machines/ cloud services between data centres Automate migrations based on economic and ecological impact Enable migration to zero carbon data centres Enable follow the sun/follow the wind grids Deploy GeoChronos platform, cloud-based rendering service, and/or other real world applications in extended ASPEN environment

Continue to explore automation and sustainability of data centres

Improve efficiency, reduce operating costs, minimize ecological impact

Extend ASPEN to support migration of virtual machines/ cloud services between data centres

Automate migrations based on economic and ecological impact

Enable migration to zero carbon data centres

Enable follow the sun/follow the wind grids

Deploy GeoChronos platform, cloud-based rendering service, and/or other real world applications in extended ASPEN environment