[glue-wg] Characterizing computing capacity in heterogeneous environment - the Amazon approach

[Laurence]

hi Sergio,

I really like the concept of "Compute Unit". It is both descriptive and 
ambiguous. :)  However, they don't address the shared memory problem.

I also like the comment "to find out which instance will work best for 
your application, the best thing to do is to launch an instance and 
benchmark your own application."  This suggests that we should give 
brief descriptions and if you really want to know details you should 
submit a "probe".  I think that this is very important to remember, we 
are describing the resource but don't guarantee what is there and should 
give only high level descriptions to "steer" workflows. If you need to 
know something important which is quite specific to your application, 
then you should always run a test job to get the information that is 
important to you.

Laurence


Sergio Andreozzi wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I suggest to give a look at the Amazon approach about the 
> characterization of computing capacity that is provided in heterogeneous 
> an on-demand environment:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=sc_fe_c_0_201590011_2?ie=UTF8&node=370375011&no=201590011&me=A36L942TSJ2AJA
>
> Cheers, Sergio
>
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