Title :
Customized Virtual Machines for Software Provisioning in Scientific Clouds
Author :
Chen, Wei ; Cao, Junwei ; Li, Ziyang
Author_Institution :
Tsinghua Nat. Lab. for Inf. Sci. & Technol., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Scientific applications require special data computing and analysis software, which may not mature enough at a production level. Software provisioning, especially in a cloud computing environment, bring new challenges. In this work, software package management systems are summarized. A customized software provisioning service is developed using virtualization technology. According to users´ requirements, virtual machines with required software deployed ready-for-use can be obtained in a very straightforward way. This work is being applied in the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) Scientific Collaboration for gravitational-wave data analysis. With software virtual machines available, scientific applications can benefit from cloud computing technology and resources.
Keywords :
cloud computing; data analysis; gravitational waves; light interferometers; software packages; virtual machines; LIGO; customized software provisioning service; customized virtual machines; data analysis software; data computing software; gravitational-wave data analysis; laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory; scientific cloud computing; software package management systems; virtualization technology; Cloud computing; Data analysis; Linux; Software packages; User interfaces; Virtual machining; cloud computing; scientific applications; software provisioning; virtual machines;
Conference_Titel :
Networking and Distributed Computing (ICNDC), 2011 Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0407-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICNDC.2011.55