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Usage Scenarios for a Community Cloud in Education and Research
Paul Heinzlreiter, Wolfgang Hennerbichler, Michael Krieger
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Johannes Kepler University Linz
founded in 1966 3 faculties
– social sciences & business and economics, law, engineering & natural sciences
about 15.000 students first parallel computer in Austria built at JKU in 1978
– by Prof. Bruno Buchberger Austrian Centre for Parallel Computing founded at JKU in
1989 Austrian Grid Initiative started at JKU in 2004 40 years of computer science at JKU (in 2009) Research Laboratory for Client-Centric Cloud Computing
founded in 2011
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JKU Softwarepark Hagenberg 2008+
founded in 1989 by Prof. Bruno Buchberger
1.000 Employees1.300 students (from more than 25 nations at the RISC Institute)
8.000 m² office spaces8.600 m² for University of Applied Sciences Hagenberg600 students rooms (550 OÖ Studentenwerk, 50 Manro)
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RISC Software GmbH
Ownership 80% Johannes Kepler University Linz 20% Upper Austrian Government (UAR GmbH)
RISC Software GmbH Software development Applied research Technology transfer 50 employees
RISC Institute Basic research in Symbolic Computation Head: Prof. Peter Paule Founder (1987): Prof. Bruno Buchberger 60 members (including PhD students)
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The aim
A regional cloud computing environment for– Research: CD-Laboratory for Client-Centric Cloud Computing– Education: first lectures in SE for CC started in 2008– Business: R&D usage
A cloud computing environment to– See– Touch– Experience
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IBM CloudBurst@Hagenberg
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Connection
current planned
network Firewall network Firewall
1 Gbit/s 10 Gbit/s
220 IPv4-addresses 256+ IPv4-addresses
IPv6 support
MPLS support
services GridFTP via GlobusOnline services GridFTP via GlobusOnline
Single-Sign-On via Shibboleth
1 GBit/s
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Access
Login– Windows-Images: RDP– Linux-Images: SSH
Firewall– Restriction regarding available port and network ranges
File Transfer– via GridFTP-Server und GlobusConnect
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GridFTP
GlobusOnline
GridFTP
CloudBurst
MyProxy
GridFTP GridFTP GridFTP
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Setup for Testcase
4 virtual machines:– 8 Cores– 2 GB RAM– 8 GB HDD
Total:– 32 Cores– 8 GB RAM– 32 GB HDD
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BigData Analysis in the Cloud
Human Genome:– about 3,2 Gbp
Human X-Chromosome:– about 158 Mio. Basepairs– about 152 MB
Mouse Genome:– about 2,6 Gbp
Mouse X-Chromosome:– about 170 Mio. Basepairs– about 163 MB
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Topics addressed in lectures
Background of Cloud Setups– virtualization, computer networks, etc.
Security in Clouds– physical security, network security, application security, etc.
Software engineering for Clouds– Data distribution, application distribution, etc.
Legal aspects in Clouds– SLAs, cross border data transfer, privacy, etc.
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Next Steps
Further „technical“ steps– Direct 10 GBit/s connection to ACOnet & GEANT– Integration of Austrian Identity Federation– IPv6– ...
Further Use-Cases– Telematics– Network Security– ...
Education– Full access for lectures at JKU– Full access for University of Applied Sciences Hagenberg– Full access for Austrian Centre for Scientific Computing