TITLE:CloudPYME - Innovation in
SMEs, the solution is the Cloud
Speaker: César G. Veiga
Organization: Galicia Supercomputing
Center - CESGA
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Organized by:

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FINIS TERRAE
Spanish National Unique Scientific & Technology
Infrastructure
More than: 16,000 GFLOPS 2,580 CPUs 19,640 GB Memory
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MISSION STATEMENT
To provide high performance computing and advanced
communications resources and services to the scientific
community of Galicia and to the Spanish National Research
Council (CSIC), as well as, to institutions and enterprises
with R&D&I activity.
To promote high quality research in Computational
Science in close collaboration with the research community
from Galicia as well as from other regions or countries all
over the world; contributing in this way to the advancement
of science, to transfer technology to industry and
administrations, and as consequence, to the welfare of
society as a whole.
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LEGAL STATUS
 Non Profit Foundation
PARTNERS
 Regional Government of Galicia
 National Reseach Council of Spain
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CUSTOMERS
 Universities of Galicia
 Regional Research Centers
 National Research Council Centers (CSIC)
 Hospitals
 Private Companies from any country
 Technological Centers
 Other Non Profit RTD Centers
ISO 9001:2008 UNE166002 Excellence in Management
Quality Management R&D Management
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CESGA SERVICES
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HPC EVOLUTION AT CESGA
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ONGOING OPERATIONAL PROJECTS
http://www.meteogalicia.es
Daily Execution of Operational Weather Forecast
http://www.puertos.es
Daily Execution of Operational Oceanographic Forecast
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NUMBER OF COMPUTING USERS
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HPC SERVICES USER SATISFACTION LEVELS
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SIMULATION IN SMEs (2004)
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CONSTRAINTS
Open Source
Training
External CPUs:
CLOUD
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 POCTEP 0448_1_E
 OBJECTIVE: promote
innovation in manufacturing
SME through simulation
technologies
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ACTIONS
 Starting point, State of the art, Survey
 Identify, Verify and Validate Open Software
 Salome
 Code_aster
 OpenFOAM
Technological Centres
 Training
 External Support
Supercomputer Centres
or
Cloud Providers
 CPU on demand
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ACTIVITIES
 Validate software: CODE_ASTER
 Develop Training Material and Courses
 Deploy Cloud Infrastructure
 Create a support infrastructure
 Train 100 people
 Test system in 10 SMEs
 Study sustainability
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ARCHITECTURE
Cloud
Portal CloudPYME
on demand
Storage
User
Comput. Services
Computation
Storage Batch
Visualization
traditional
Support
Suport Services
OsTicket
Local usage
Distribution USB Tickets E-learning
Virtualized Machine Training
Difusion AulaCesga
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CloudPYME Scenarios
 Remote StorageQueue
Classical Batch
CloudPYME Distribution
 Shared for SMEs employees
Better Performance
SALOME
 Protected on Queue
Must wait
CODE_ASTER
STORAGE
 HPC on Cloud
 CPUs on Demand
 Same CloudPYME Distribution
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CloudPYME: CLIENT
 Image, custom bootable in any computer, based on
Linux CentOS 6.2 64bits. Includes:
 SALOME 6.4.0
 CodeAster 10.6
 Salome_Meca 2012.1
 Connection
 Storage
 Portal
 DEMO kit
 sftp://support.cloudpyme.eu/CloudPyme_usb-v1.0.iso.gz
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CloudPYME: CLIENT
•Establish a connection with CloudPYME infrastructure.
•Requires: login – password
•Also available as OVA Virtual Machine.
Storage
Portal
Demo kit
Connection
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CloudPYME: PORTAL
http://support.cloudpyme.eu/ accessible from any browser
Management
Support
Documentation
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CloudPYME: PORTAL identification
http://support.cloudpyme.eu/gestion (using login and password)
cloudsme
********
http://support.cloudpyme.eu/doc
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CloudPYME: PORTAL management
http://support.cloudpyme.eu/gestion
user
accounting
http://support.cloudpyme.eu/doc
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CloudPYME: instance VM
http://support.cloudpyme.eu/gestion
Start VM
VM Type
Time in hours
http://support.cloudpyme.eu/doc
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CloudPYME: Virtualized Desktop
Cancel
Waiting
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CloudPYME: VISUALIZATION VDI
http://support.cloudpyme.eu/gestion
State (RUN)
Destroy
VDI
http://support.cloudpyme.eu/doc
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CloudPYME SUPPORT Documentation
http://support.cloudpyme.eu/doc
cloudpyme
CloudPyme
http://support.cloudpyme.eu/doc
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CloudPYME SUPPORT
http://support.cloudpyme.eu/support
New ticket
E-mail
identification
http://support.cloudpyme.eu/doc
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CloudPYME SUPPORT Organization
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2
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CloudPYME e-learning
http://aula.cesga.es/courses/CLOUDPYME/?id_session=0
 e-learning advantages
 Schedule difficulties to join SMEs
 Requires access.
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Next Steps
 Add more applications:
OpenFOAM, MaxFEM
 Test with 10 SMEs
 Open Demonstration Environment
 Write best-cases
 Disseminate Cloud Advantages
 Sustainability
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CONCLUSSIONS
 Simulation is a must for SMEs
 Still important barriers to adopt it
 Supercomputing centres have the
computing knowledge
 But need collaboration with Tech Centers
 Open Software and Cloud could help
adoption
 And…
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CESGA STAFF
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THANK YOU
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