An Introduction to the Virtualisation Tracks Vronique Lefbure

An Introduction to the Virtualisation Tracks Véronique Lefébure (CERN-IT-FIO/FS) Hepix Fall 2007 Saint-Louis, U. S. A. Hepix Nov. 2007 Véronique Lefébure (CERN)

Past Hepix Talks on Virtualisation n n October 2005, May 2005, October 2004, May 2004, October 2003, May 2003: none April 2006: 1. OS news « Using Virtual Servers for the CERN Windows infrastructure » by Alberto Pace October 2006: 2. GRID Projects: « Virtual Machines in a Distributed Environment » by Mauricio Tsugawa April 2007: 3. Solutions and Architectures: « Highly Available Central Services (A Virtualisation approach) » by Thomas Finnern 4. System Management: « Virtualisation Users Workshop Report » by Owen Synge Hepix Nov. 2007 Véronique Lefébure (CERN) 2

This week, on the agenda: n 3 Tracks on Virtualisation n Hepix Nov. 2007 9 talks Véronique Lefébure (CERN) 3

Virtualisation Benefits Ease of Management High Availability Enhanced Functionality Easy Cloning Flexibility Co-existing Environments Customised Environments Hepix Nov. 2007 Security Véronique Lefébure (CERN) 4

Virtualisation Use-cases GRID Service Consolidation Quick Deployment Controlled, Policy-based Resource Allocation On-demand Creation of Services Dynamic Resource Allocation Hepix Nov. 2007 Resource Leasing Véronique Lefébure (CERN) Sharing of Resources 5

Talks • • “HA and Virtualisation team at INFN” “Virtualisation Infrastructure in Karlsruhe” “Running EGEE services and worker nodes using virtual Machines” (Czech Rep. ) “Fermi. Grid-HA” “Virtualisation usage at CERN” “Virtualisation with the Globus Toolkit” “Hep Applications with Globus Virtual Workspaces” “Fermilab Virtualisation Project” Hepix Nov. 2007 Véronique Lefébure (CERN) 6

Virtualisation Products and Techniques Full. Virtualisation Para. Virtualisation Open-Source Performance Migration File systems Scheduling Hepix Nov. 2007 Véronique Lefébure (CERN) Images 7

Virtualisation Operational Issues Monitoring Management Configuration Multiplication Network IP addresses Mac addresses Power Data Access … 1. First talk: “Operational Impact of Virtualisation” Hepix Nov. 2007 Véronique Lefébure (CERN) 8