[Foss4g2009] Specs for a machine for the CCIP?

Thu Jan 22 18:57:04 EST 2009

Cameron,

Thank you for your kind words, but I am a “starter” just like everyone else on
this new exciting “virtualizing GIS” adventure! ;-)

> your opinion holds a lot of weight.
> So thank you for sharing your thoughts.

You are welcome!
Since you are willing to ear, let me share one more idea:

“HEALTHY COMPETITION!”

One of the things I loved the most from FOSS4G2008 was the:

Web Map Server Performance: Geoserver vs Mapserver
http://presentations.opengeo.org/2008_FOSS4G/WebMapServerPerformance-FOSS4G2008.pdf

Congratulations must be sent to: Justin Deolivera, Andrea Aime, Steve Lime, Paul Ramsey, and
Frank Warmerdam  (and others that workedon the Project).
http://blog.geoserver.org/2008/10/22/geoserver-benchmarks-at-foss4g-2008/

Since:
“The CCIP
is a server with multiple virtual machines providing a number of different
geospatial Web services that implement the OGC's open interface and encoding
standards.”

It would be very interesting to join these 2 ideas (web performance + virtual machine) and
provide a “boost up (optimized) virtual machine” to any person/company/institution
willing to participate on CCIP.

This VM could be a unique CORE startup solution, with a maximum of software
pre-installed. So that participants could config and adapt it to their GIS
OpenStandard applications.

Or it couldbe delivered with several “FLAVORS”, by selecting a unique optimized software
group, and achieve some (good) competition with each other.

I personallyprefer the second option and think that on production it could perform better
then a core one! For start, I can suggest 3 or 4 VM flavors, gathering the main
“Kids on the block”: ;-)   (just like Justin Deolivera and Andrea Aime did on their work)

1. “VM OpenGeo-Geoserver”
with: PostgreSQL/PostGIS + TomcatJava/Geoserver + GeoWebCache + …

2. “VM OSGeo-Mapserver”
with: PostgreSQL/PostGIS + Apache/Mapserver + TileCache + …

3. “VM OSGeo-Degree” 
with: PostgreSQL/PostGIS + TomcatJava/Degree + …

4. “VM OSGeo-MapguideOS”
with: (MySQL? Oracle?) + Mapguide Open Source + … 
(Isn't this VM already available?)

Don’t know what do you think of this idea, but I’m in with GISVM to join forces with FOSS4G2009
to develop a CORE/FLAVOR solution. It all depends on the kind of support it
would be provided from OSGeo (and OpenGeo). I’m not able to do this alone with
the current time table, and without direct collaboration from developers!

And for the hardware and platform infrastructure. I can suggest, someone from FOSS4G2009
organization to attend to: http://www.vmworld.com/community/conferences/europe2009
There he could try to negotiate a sponsor, hosting platform (VMware) and hardware (HP) solution
for CCIP project. As they say: “Virtually anything is possible at VMworld Europe 2009” :-)

Another possible and interesting hosting solution is “Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud”:
http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/
I haven’t tried it yet, but it seems affordable, flexible and reliable! (amazon!!!)

Just a small contribution…
Cheers,
Ricardo Pinho

----- Mensagem original ----
De: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
Para: Ricardo Pinho <rpinho_eng at yahoo.com.br>
Cc: Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com>; foss4g2009 <foss4g2009 at lists.osgeo.org>
Enviadas: Terça-feira, 20 de Janeiro de 2009 0:52:37
Assunto: Re: [Foss4g2009] Specs for a machine for the CCIP?

Ricardo,
Based on your experience and track record in marrying Geospatial Software and Virtual machines, your opinion holds a lot of weight.

So thank you for sharing your thoughts.

And yes, we would be delighted to have you play a significant role in the CCIP and guide its development.

Ricardo Pinho wrote:
> Hi Cameron and Frank,
> 
> As you probably know, Virtualization is presently a very active area of business, with several players (big ones) trying
> to get on the top, so it would be very easy to get a sponsor!
> Please carefully  read the following pages:
>  http://www.virtualization.info/radar/
>  http://www.virtualization.info/2008/10/microsoft-already-took-23-of.html
>  For VM technology you can choose from a variety of solutions:
> VMware, Sun, Microsoft VirtualPC & HyperV, Xen & VirtualIron, Linux KVM,
> … an endless list!!!
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_platform_virtual_machines
>   Well, I must agree with Frank, VMware are the original guys, the oldest on the market
> and who offers today the best desktop and server performance, features and
> stability (I suppose!). So they are a very good option, and that was mainly why
> I have chosen VMware for the GISVM project! (no sponsor reason!!!)
> 
> Never the less, it would be desirable to use a standard and compatible solution, so it
> could be run on any technology. The closer thing I know to this is the work
> done on: www.dmf.org
>  OVF:
> http://www.dmtf.org/standards/published_documents/DSP0243_1.0.0.pdf
> http://www.vmware.com/appliances/learn/ovf.html
>  and  VMAN:
> http://www.dmtf.org/initiatives/vman_initiative/  But in practice, I compare this to the early years of OGC, just a big hope! ;-)
>  One more reason why vmware should be considered, is that VMWare is collaborating with the
> Ubuntu distro, on their JeOS version! An advantage I am currently using on the
> next GISVM release that I hope to introduce at ESLAP 2009 ( OpenSource in Portuguese
> Public Administration Encounter - 28.Jan ).
> http://mapas.igeo.pt/eslap2009/Eslap2009_Prog.html
>   Now, concerning the CCIP project. I must confess that, until know, I didn’t quite understood how you plan to execute that excellent idea!
>  But I would be very pleased to participate on that project and include all work done on the GISVM.
> Only if you think it would be adequate, of course!
>  Cheers,
> Ricardo Pinho
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Mensagem original ----
> De: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> Para: Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com>
> Cc: foss4g2009 <foss4g2009 at lists.osgeo.org>
> Enviadas: Segunda-feira, 19 de Janeiro de 2009 22:27:41
> Assunto: Re: [Foss4g2009] Specs for a machine for the CCIP?
> 
> 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,
>>    
> 
> 
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