[Capi-bof] Overview

[Thijs Metsch]

Hi,

Thanks for your effort. I merge it with Alexander's ideas and try to
send an update version around by today.

CAPI is indeed a little bit confusing. But Cloud Interface API would
lead to the abbreviation CIA :-) We are still open for suggestion for a
better abbreviation and name. But for now we probably have to stick with
capi.

All the best,

-Thijs

On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 16:09 +0100, Sam Johnston wrote:
> Thijs,
> 
> First time caller, long time listener as they say.
> 
> I've had a crack at tightening up the overview for you:
> 
>         Virtualization has brought about a new utility computing model
>         under
>         the "cloud computing" umbrella called
>         "Infrastructure-as-a-Service" (IaaS),
>         whereby virtualized resources are delivered on-demand. There
>         are several
>         examples of cloud providers offering such elastic capacity
>         within their
>         proprietary infrastructure, with an interface for remote
>         management of
>         virtualized server instances. Equally, there is now growing
>         interest in
>         open source cloud computing tools that let organizations build
>         and
>         customize their own cloud infrastructure, providing commercial
>         cloud
>         compatible interfaces.
>         
>         The proposed OGF group will develop an API specification for
>         dynamic
>         deployment in an appropriate descriptor language, covering the
>         controlling
>         and monitoring of virtual machines. The scope of the
>         specification will be all
>         of the high level functionality required for the life-cycle
>         management of
>         virtual machines supporting automated service elasticity. The
>         new specification
>         will facilitate the integration of the service management
>         components that are
>         being built on top of cloud infrastructures.
> 
> That's not to say I'm necessarily 100% with the contents, but it flows
> better now I think.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Sam
> 
> P.S. CAPI is a poor choice of handle too - it already means "Common
> ISDN Application Programming Interface" to many of us.
> 
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