[Co2-bof] CO2 BOF Proposal and start of a group charter

[Sven van den Berghe]

David,

  My talk took a broader view of the requirements than your proposal  
and looked at the arguments for presenting the information to users of  
the resources i.e. an API for the resource manager to present CO2  
information as well as gather it. Something like the below  
encapsulates these ideas:

In the light of environmental concerns (and carbon credits and other  
policy tools) users of computer resources will, in the near future,  
need to be able to make informed choices about the use of CO2 by these  
resources. This requires visibility of the properties of the  
underlying physical infrastructure to workload management systems and  
hence the users of resources. Currently  within the data centre the  
information exchange between users, workload management systems and  
the underlying physical infrastructure that they are using for these  
properties is very limited.

This group seeks to enhance this visibility of CO2, and other physical  
properties, by proposing a standard information interchange format  
between users, physical asset management system and a workload  
management service. The information chain will build on existing  
mechanisms such as Usage Records, Resource Usage Service and GRAAP.


Sven

Sven.vandenBerghe at uk.fujitsu.com
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On 11 Mar 2009, at 11:45, David Wallom wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Below is text for the BOF proposal for OGF26 and Charter.
>
> Proposal
> ++++++++
> Within the data centre there is currently a very limited manner in  
> which
> workload management systems are able to physically connect the tasks  
> that
> they are managing with the underlying physical infrastructure that  
> they are
> using.
> This group proposes a standard information interchange format  
> between a
> physical asset management system and a workload management service.  
> This
> will allow for greater visibility of the underlying physical  
> infrastructure
> to WMS and hence the submitter of tasks, essential if we are to enable
> informed choices to be made by those that use resources against the
> backdrops of carbon credits and other policy tools.
> In the longer term it is intended that this could be the first step  
> in an
> information chain that will include Usage Records etc.
>
> Charter & 7 Questions
> +++++++++++++++++++++
>
> 1. Is the scope of the proposed group sufficiently focused?
> We are aiming to define a simple interchange schema between WMS  
> (both HPC
> style and VM management systems) and the underlying physical asset
> management systems.
>
> 2. Are the topics that the group plans to address clear and relevant  
> for the
> Grid research, development, industrial, implementation, and/or  
> application
> user community?
> This is part of the wider consideration about the importance of  
> being able
> to ascertain with certainty the end resources on which a task was  
> run, the
> physical characteristics of the system etc.
>
> 3. Will the formation of the group foster (consensus-based) work  
> that would
> not be done otherwise?
> It is not know currently that this work would be done elsewhere.
>
> 4. Do the group's activities overlap inappropriately with those of  
> another
> OGF group or to a group active in another organization such as IETF  
> or W3C?
> Not currently known
>
> 5. Are there sufficient interest and expertise in the group's topic,  
> with at
> least several people willing to expend the effort that is likely to  
> produce
> significant results over time?
> We have 60+ attendees at the workshop at Catania and at least 8  
> members are
> signed up to provide into to the BOF from both the commercial and  
> academic
> spaces.
>
> 6. Does a base of interested consumers (e.g., application  
> developers, Grid
> system implementers, industry partners, end-users) appear to exist  
> for the
> planned work?
> Yes we have a number of OGF participants that are running very large
> infrastructures that would be users of the output from this work.
>
> 7. Does the OGF have a reasonable role to play in the determination  
> of the
> technology?
> ???
>
>
> Please comment on the above so that we can get the BOF proposal  
> written and
> submitted ASAP. As PC Chair I would like someone to take ownership  
> of this
> (BOF proposal) in the longer term.
>
> Regards
>
> David
>
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