[Foss4g2009] Specs for a machine for the CCIP?

[Roald de Wit]

Hi all,

About a year ago Sun has acquired Innotek, the company that created
VirtualBox [1]. VirtualBox is a serious contender in the VM market and
is available in open source and commercially licensed flavours (the
latter flavour has some extra options).

If Sun is so kind to lend us a server and if there are no objections to
using VirtualBox, I think that would please Sun since they can use our
CCIP as a showcase for both their hard- and software.

My experiences with VirtualBox are quite positive and I prefer it over
VMware.

Regards,

Roald

[1] http://www.virtualbox.org/

On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 08:57 +1030, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> The VM technology has not been specified yet. I've heard a number of
> people speak up for VMWare and we will try to get VMWare to load us a
> license for the conference in return for marketing.
>
> Re memory:
> * I'm hoping that all virtual installs can be active for the duration of
> the conference. Is that a realistic expectation from based on hardware
> constraints?
>
> Re adding other servers:
> I expect this to be an area of debate. Our requirements are:
> 1. Demonstrate interoperability
> 2. Allow side by side comparison of applications (some vendors might not
> like this). Specifically, make hardware specs equal so we can focus on
> the software.
> 3. Provide a legacy testbed which can be passed on to future conferences
> with minimal re-configuration
>
> So maybe we will ask all vendors to build their image on a virtual
> server, but that they can bring their own server as well, or purchase
> their own server if they wish.
>
> Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> > Cameron Shorter wrote:
> >> For background the CCIP is defined here:
> >> http://external.opengis.org/twiki_public/bin/view/ClimateChallenge2009/WebHome
> >>
> >> Basically: One server with multiple virtual machines
> >>
> >> As yet, we have not defined our hardware requirements, and everything
> >> is on the table as an option. (Especially since my experience with
> >> hardware is largely limited to installing linux on computers I've
> >> found in dumpsters).
> >>
> >> So please speak up with all the advise you can fire at us.
> >
> > Cameron,
> >
> > Ah, OK.  Is there a defined VM technology?  VMWare seems to be the most
> > widely supported and well known.  Presumably Win32 (perhaps XP?) VM
> > instances will be available as well as 32bit linux instances?
> >
> > Assuming that not all of the instances really need to be active at once,
> > I would hope that the memory requirements will not be the sum of the
> > memory requirements of the VMs.  Hopefully you would get at least 8GB
> > of RAM which should be enough to have several active VMs with fairly
> > beefy software running.
> >
> > Ultimately, I hope you will keep an option for some participants to
> > provide
> > their own server that can be plugged into the network but I do like the
> > convenience of a multi-VM main server as long as it is beefy enough.
> >
> > Best regards,
>
>
--
Roald de Wit
Software Engineer
roald.dewit at lisasoft.com

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