Data Centre Automation and Sustainability

Cameron KiddleResearch Fellow

Grid Research Centre (GRC)University of Calgary

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Automated Service Provisioning ENvironment (ASPEN) Developed by the GRC (in

collaboration with HP Labs) to enable dynamic allocation and management of virtual machines/cloud services in a data centre

Similar to Eucalyptus, Nimbus and OpenNebula but has greater focus on scheduling capabilities and efficient image management

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Applications Running in ASPEN GeoChronos

CANARIE NEP project a collaborative cloud-based

computing environment for earth observation scientists

Rendering Cloud Cybera industry pilot project

with EDM Studio Inc A collaborative cloud-based

rendering service

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Proposed Plans of the GRC Continue to explore automation and sustainability of data

centres Improve efficiency, reduce operating costs, minimize ecological

impact Extend ASPEN to support migration of virtual machines/

cloud services between data centres Automate migrations based on economic and ecological impact Enable migration to zero carbon data centres Enable follow the sun/follow the wind grids

Deploy GeoChronos platform, cloud-based rendering service, and/or other real world applications in extended ASPEN environment