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The IDGF Road MapThe IDGF Road MapSecond Release of ‘Desktop Grids for e-Science Road Map’ Second Release of ‘Desktop Grids for e-Science Road Map’

Hannover, 17th August 2011Hannover, 17th August 2011

Robert Lovas, MTA SZTAKIRobert Lovas, MTA SZTAKIAd Emmen, AlmereGridAd Emmen, AlmereGrid

DEGISCO projectDEGISCO project

DEGISCO is supported by the FP7 Capacities Programme under contract nr RI-261561.DEGISCO is supported by the FP7 Capacities Programme under contract nr RI-261561.

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Desktop grids for eScience - Desktop grids for eScience - A Road mapA Road map

Helps organisations in deciding on setting up a Desktop GridLinking it into eScience infrastructures: EGI, Clouds, GridsAdvice on all levels from technical to political

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Road map - overviewRoad map - overviewProvide Road maps on how to set-up desktop gridsIntegrate them into the European eScience eInfrastructureRoad maps on technology, organisation and politicsA practical guide: a real road mapSeveral versionsYou are invited to comment

and contribute

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Consists of two partsConsists of two partsA management part provides a general overview and advice

You can decide whether it makes sense in your situation to start a Desk top Grid

A detailed part gives “how to” information

What do you need to do. Where to get more guidanceBased on years of experience condensed in several DEGISCO technical deliverablesIDGF experience input

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Road map - Management Topics - IRoad map - Management Topics - I

Best practicesSome successes of Desktop Grids

SurveyAre people interested in donating computing time?

EcosystemThe eScience ecosystem and how Desktop Grids fit in

IDGFInternational Desktop Grid Federation is key for further development

CompaniesDesktop Grids in Business

Core Roadmaps

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Road map - Management Topics - IIRoad map - Management Topics - II

Road map - a general guideRoad map - for local desktop grid at university or research centreRoad map - Companies to set up and participate as part of a "Corporate Social Responsibility or Sustainable entrepreneurship”Green aspects of Desktop GridsCommunication and marketing of Desktop GridsEDGeS@Home exampleThe Future: Desktop Grids beyond the Cloud

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Road map - Detailed Topics - IRoad map - Detailed Topics - I

1. Roadmaps2. Technical Documentation3. Communication and marketing4. Legal and organisational information 5. Green Desktop Grids6. Glossary

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Road map ProcessRoad map Process

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Desktop GridsDesktop Grids

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Best practicesCityGrid

Local GridVolunteer Grids

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Giving science a helping handGiving science a helping handAlmereGridAlmereGrid

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ApplicationsScience Grid applications

Build-on-Grid Own house construction

HealthGrid diagnosis agent based

AlmereGrid infrastructure

e-EducationusingGrid

Strengthen knowledge infra-structure of the city

BEinGRIDbackup/ restore

Broadband network

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University of WestminsterUniversity of Westminster

The university is set over four main campuses and some additional smaller locations in Central- and North-West-LondonOver 1800 of these machines are connected Grid can be usedby the university’s researchers to run their compute intensive tasks

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Details Stephen Winter’s presentation

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Desktop GridsDesktop Grids

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Survey

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Are people interested in Are people interested in donating computing time?donating computing time?

Short answer: Yes, they areOf course, there is more needed to actually let them participate

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Which applications?Which applications?

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Scientific applications are OKDefense and commercial not

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Desktop GridsDesktop Grids

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Ecosystem

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Where Desktop Grids fit in Where Desktop Grids fit in

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Desktop GridsDesktop Grids

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Core Road Maps

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General Road MapGeneral Road Map

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Select goalSelect goal

Make a planMake a plan

Select typeSelect type

Select/Deploy technologySelect/Deploy technology

Deploy applicationDeploy application

Secure financingSecure financing

Study legal requirementsStudy legal requirements

Implement organisationImplement organisation

Implement communication/supportImplement communication/support

Select user group

Select user group

What do you want to achieve? When? Why?

Answer all the important questions

Who will you be serving? What are the needs of that users

Volunteer Grid? Participate in existing Grid? Local Grid?

BOINC? XtremWeb? OurGrid,... ?

Get application running, test, validate

What are we going to tell to whom? Who will take care of the volunteers?

Phase IPhase I

Phase IIPhase II

Phase IVPhase IV

Phase V Phase V

Phase IIIPhase III

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Desktop GridsDesktop Grids

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Companies

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Corporate Social Responsibility ProgrammeCorporate Social Responsibility Programme

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Road mapCompanies to set up and participate as part of a

"Corporate Social Responsibility orSustainable entrepreneurship”

Check company polices Phase ICheck company polices Phase I

Gather Desktop Grid related information Phase II from IDGF sources, build team and allocate (start finding) resources

Gather Desktop Grid related information Phase II from IDGF sources, build team and allocate (start finding) resources

Gather Desktop Grid Phase III related information from local sources

Gather Desktop Grid Phase III related information from local sources

Implementation Phase IVImplementation Phase IV

Operation, training Phase V communication Operation, training Phase V communication

Phase VI Corporate Social Responsibility Programme

Phase VI Corporate Social Responsibility Programme

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Green Desktop Grids

Desktop GridsDesktop Grids

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Green Desktop GridsGreen Desktop GridsAre Desktop Grids green?

In Hannover: yes (maybe not today)In Dubai they probably are never

Airco takes a lot of energyWithin IDGF (DEGISCO) we are systematically investigating the energy costs of Desktop Grids You can join the survey and discussion forum Results useful for any Desktop Grid

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DEGISCO shortlist – DEGISCO shortlist – Seven Green Desktop-Grid MethodologiesSeven Green Desktop-Grid Methodologies

1. Ambient metrics based Green optimization2. Cool strategy: avoid air-condition use3. Energy profiling of applications4. CPU speed steps5. Exploitation of natural ambient conditions6. Time-of-day dependent energy tariffs7. Management of unused resources in a local Desktop Grid

Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience, Volume 12, Number 2, pp. 257–264. http://www.scpe.org/index.php/scpe/article/view/718

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About these strategiesAbout these strategiesThey are qualitative strategiesYou can use them as guidelinesMore (scientific/technical work) is needed to get quantitative strategiesSome could be integrated in future Grid middleware, applications, or administration software

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FeedbackFeedbackWhat can you do?Read the Road MapUse itProved comments and

feedbackHelp collect dataDiscuss on the Forum

This helps to prepare the next, improved version

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