SpeQulos: A Framework for QoS in Unreliable Distributed Computing Infrastructures using Cloud Resources.

Project Information

Discipline

Computer Science (401) 

Subdiscipline

11.04 Information Sciences and Systems 

Orientation

Research 

Hybrid Distributed Computing Infrastructures (DCIs) allow users to combine Grids, Desktop Grids, Clouds, etc. to obtain for their users even larger computing capabilities. In this project, we deploy an experimental study of the SpeQuloS framework which aims at providing QoS to best effort computing infrastructures, such as Desktop Grid, by provisioning on-demand Cloud resources, using Nimbus over Future Grid.

Our research activities aim to enhance the experience of DCI utilization available to scientists, both by increasing Quality of Service delivered by those infrastructure and by enlarging the kind of resources available to them.

By using Nimbus and Future Grid, we hope to strengthen the collaboration between the Grid5000 and Future Grid communities. We already deploy some experimentation of the SpeQuloS framework in Grid5000. Proceeding to similar experimentation with Nimbus over Future Grid could lead to highlight the similarities and differences between these two environments.

Project Contact

Project Lead

Simon Delamare (sdelamare) 

Project Manager

Simon Delamare (sdelamare) 

Project Members

Gilles Fedak  

Resource Requirements

Hardware Systems

• Not sure
• I don't care (what I really need is a software environment and I don't care where it runs)

 

In this project, we will use the Nimbus feature of FutureGrid to allocate some Cloud VM with SpeQuloS to support best effort DCIs.

Our primary goal is to validate the capacity of SpeQuloS to use a Nimbus based Cloud, so few resources (few VMs) are needed. Further collaboration may lead to a larger experimentation, in that case more resources could be needed.

Project Timeline

Submitted

02/23/2011 - 10:34