[occi-wg] New cloud Interoperability testbed project on FutureGrid

[Gary Mazz]

Congratulations !!!

Quick question,  how do we on-ramp ?

-gary

On 12/6/2011 10:08 AM, Alan Sill wrote:
> Dear folks interested in cloud standards testing:
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> I have proposed and the organizers have approved the following project
> in FutureGrid:
>
>     "Cloud Interoperability Testbed:"  
> https://portal.futuregrid.org/project/176
>
> Description:
> The Cloud Interoperability Testbed will serve as a mechanism to host
> interoperability tests for different machine control, data transfer,
> resource reporting and usage agreement standards and implementations
> of other new standards efforts. The primary purpose will be to give
> developers an opportunity to try out implementations of code that
> implements either server or client functionality for the use of
> multiple standards from different standards development organizations.
>
> The initial effort for this project will be focused on implementations
> of the Open Cloud Computing Interface (OCCI) from the Open Grid Forum
> (OGF), Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) from the Storage Network
> Industry Association (SNIA), the Cloud Infrastructure Management
> Interface (CIMI) and the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) from the
> Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). Other standards will be
> added as the project proceeds.
>
>
> Membership in this project is open to anyone working in the area of
> cross-compatibility of cloud-related standards.  I have to approve
> membership as project manager and project lead, but it is my intent to
> approve all membership requests that are consistent with the above
> goals.  Note this is NOT an OGF project, but is one in which OGF will
> participate, and is closely associated with the OGF Cloud
> Interoperability group and OGF/SNIA cloud plug-fest effort that is
> also open to DMTF members.
>
> The purpose of the FutureGrid project is simply to provide an easily
> accessed mechanism for obtaining access to virtual machines that can
> be used for testing various aspects of implementations of cloud
> standards protocols and clients.  It is NOT necessary to reveal the
> inner workings of these implementations to other group members,
> although some wpirit of sharing information will obviously be of
> benefit to all group members.
>
> To become a member of this project, sign up for a FutureGrid account
> at the portal:
>
> https://portal.futuregrid.org/
>
> Follow the link to the above project and become a member.
>
> Please read all aspects of the project description and terms of use of
> FutureGrid.  This facility is not intended for hosting production
> commercial services or providing any other long-term production non-
> commercial service and is purely intended as a test bed.  Within these
> fairly mild limits, it is our hope that this will prove to be a useful
> service.
>
> Alan
>
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> Alan Sill, Ph.D
> Senior Scientist, High Performance Computing Center
> Adjunct Professor of Physics, TTU
> Vice President of Standards, Open Grid Forum
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