RAIN: FutureGrid Dynamic provisioning Framework

Project Information

Discipline
Computer Science (401) 
Orientation
Research 
Abstract

This project allows its users to use dynamic provisioning on the production cluster on india.

Intellectual Merit

The FG image management framework RAIN allows users to deploy images on VMs, and bare metal. If you like to try out this feature, please contact laszewski@gmail.com.

Broader Impacts

The user is able to provision his own images in HPC. This is typically not allowed on other systems.

Project Contact

Project Lead
Gregor von Laszewski (gvonlasz) 
Project Manager
Javier Diaz Montes (jdiaz) 
Project Members
Javier Diaz Montes, Fugang Wang, Koji Tanaka, Sergey Blagodurov, Sharif Islam  

Resource Requirements

Hardware Systems
  • india (IBM iDataPlex at IU)
  • sierra (IBM iDataPlex at SDSC)
 
Use of FutureGrid

This service is first deployed on india

Scale of Use

All of india could be provisioned.

Project Timeline

Submitted
11/18/2011 - 16:31 
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