IDGF I nternational D esktop G rid F ederation

1. IDGFInternationalDesktopGridFederation The IDGF Road Map Second Release of ‘Desktop Grids for e-Science Road Map’ Hannover, 17th August 2011 Robert Lovas, MTA SZTAKI Ad Emmen, AlmereGrid DEGISCO project DEGISCO is supported by the FP7 Capacities Programme under contract nr RI-261561.

2. Desktop grids for eScience - A Road map • Helps organisations in deciding on setting up a Desktop Grid • Linking it into eScience infrastructures: EGI, Clouds, Grids • Advice on all levels from technical to political

3. Road map - overview • Provide Road maps on how to set-up desktop grids • Integrate them into the European eScienceeInfrastructure • Road maps on technology, organisation and politics • A practical guide: a real road map • Several versions • You are invited to comment and contribute

4. Consists of two parts • A management part provides a general overview and advice • You can decide whether it makes sense in your situation to start a Desk top Grid • A detailed part gives “how to” information • What do you need to do. Where to get more guidance • Based on years of experience condensed in several DEGISCO technical deliverables • IDGF experience input

5. Road map - Management Topics - I • Best practices • Some successes of Desktop Grids • Survey • Are people interested in donating computing time? • Ecosystem • The eScience ecosystem and how Desktop Grids fit in • IDGF • International Desktop Grid Federation is key for further development • Companies • Desktop Grids in Business • Core Roadmaps

6. Road map - Management Topics - II • Road map - a general guide • Road map - for local desktop grid at university or research centre • Road map - Companies to set up and participate as part of a "Corporate Social Responsibility or Sustainable entrepreneurship” • Green aspects of Desktop Grids • Communication and marketing of Desktop Grids • EDGeS@Home example • The Future: Desktop Grids beyond the Cloud

7. Road map - Detailed Topics - I • Roadmaps • Technical Documentation • Communication and marketing • Legal and organisational information • Green Desktop Grids • Glossary

9. Road map Process

10. Desktop Grids Best practices CityGrid Local Grid Volunteer Grids 10

11. HealthGrid diagnosis agent based BEinGRID backup/ restore Science Grid applications Build-on-GridOwn house construction e-Education using Grid Strengthen knowledge infra-structure of the city Giving science a helping handAlmereGrid • Applications • AlmereGrid infrastructure • Broadband network 11

12. University of Westminster • The university is set over four main campuses and some additional smaller locations in Central- and North-West-London • Over 1800 of these machines are connected • Grid can be usedby the university’s researchers to run their compute intensive tasks Details  Stephen Winter’s presentation 12

13. Desktop Grids Survey 13

14. Are people interested in donating computing time? • Short answer: Yes, they are • Of course, there is more needed to actually let them participate 14

15. Which applications? • Scientific applications are OK • Defense and commercial not 15

16. Desktop Grids Ecosystem 16

17. Where Desktop Grids fit in 17

18. Desktop Grids Core Road Maps 18

19. Phase V What are we going to tell to whom? Who will take care of the volunteers? Get application running, test, validate Phase IV BOINC? XtremWeb? OurGrid,... ? Volunteer Grid? Participate in existing Grid? Local Grid? Phase III Who will you be serving? What are the needs of that users Phase II Answer all the important questions Phase I What do you want to achieve? When? Why? General Road Map Implement communication/support Implement organisation Deploy application Select/Deploy technology Select type Secure financing Select user group Make a plan Study legal requirements Select goal 19

20. Desktop Grids Companies 20

21. Road map Companies to set up and participate as part of a "Corporate Social Responsibility or Sustainable entrepreneurship” Phase VI Corporate Social Responsibility Programme Operation, training Phase V communication Implementation Phase IV Gather Desktop Grid Phase III related information from local sources Gather Desktop Grid related information Phase II from IDGF sources, build team and allocate (start finding) resources Check company polices Phase I Corporate Social Responsibility Programme 21

22. Desktop Grids Green Desktop Grids 22

23. Green Desktop Grids • Are Desktop Grids green? • In Hannover: yes (maybe not today) • In Dubai they probably are never • Airco takes a lot of energy • Within IDGF (DEGISCO) we are systematically investigating the energy costs of Desktop Grids • You can join the survey and discussion forum • Results useful for any Desktop Grid 23

24. DEGISCO shortlist – Seven Green Desktop-Grid Methodologies • Ambient metrics based Green optimization • Cool strategy: avoid air-condition use • Energy profiling of applications • CPU speed steps • Exploitation of natural ambient conditions • Time-of-day dependent energy tariffs • Management of unused resources in a local Desktop Grid • Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience, Volume 12, Number 2, pp. 257–264. http://www.scpe.org/index.php/scpe/article/view/718 24

25. About these strategies • They are qualitative strategies • You can use them as guidelines • More (scientific/technical work) is needed to get quantitative strategies • Some could be integrated in future Grid middleware, applications, or administration software 25

26. Feedback • What can you do? • Read the Road Map • Use it • Proved comments and feedback • Help collect data • Discuss on the Forum • This helps to prepare the next, improved version 26

27. IDGFInternationalDesktopGridFederation http:// desktopgridfederation.eu Globe adapted from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/ Globe.svg