Re: [clouds] __答复:_scope_of_the_cloud

[Sam Johnston <[e-mail]>]

Yunfei/Wang/Meng,

My interest was not limited to virtual machines (which require some amount
of choreography on either side of the actual move) but rather files,
databases, code, documents - basically anything that you might want to move
from A to B (where you are not necessarily A or B).

Another area of potential interest is a lightweight "profile" of HTTP for
constrained devices, whereby one does not have to implement a full-blown
HTTP client & server pair simply to query an electricity meter. Some of
these issues were already discussed earlier this week[1]. The same could be
said for application of [vanilla] HTTP to files, databases, etc. (e.g. the
relevant subset of CDMI).

We're also missing a way of describing containers (e.g. hypervisors,
platforms, etc.) and workloads (e.g. applications, virtual machines).
CloudAudit provides a technical solution to the former (but it's out of
scope) and Cisco's James Urquhart has been working on a descriptor format
for the latter[2]. Both of these areas seem appropriate for IETF
involvement, and indeed CloudAudit could be worked into a generic catalog
service (e.g. the legal name of the provider, its location, logo, services,
SLAs, etc.).

I think the best next step would be for to work torwards formalising the
"clouds" effort somewhat, which will necessarily involve enumerating the
opportunities for standards development and prioritising them. IETF-78 would
presumably be a good forum for this activity (assuming it can't be done more
inclusively on this mailing list).

Sam

1. http://nih.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html
2. http://news.cnet.com/8301-19413_3-10440799-240.html
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-19413_3-10440799-240.html>
On 9 April 2010 10:07, zhangyunfei <[e-mail]> wrote:

>  I just want to know more praticial deployment on this point since Sam
> mentioned this.
> ----------------------------------
> [Sam]
>
> Another issue I ran into while writing cush[3] was how to remotely instruct
> servers to migrate (live?) resources - for example, moving a virtual
> machine, database, etc. from one location to another using a mobile device
> on a 3G connection. I believe WebDAV's COPY and MOVE verbs are a good start
> (this is what we're using for OCCI) but they could be reviewed and possibly
> promoted for more generic application.
>
>
>
> BR
>
> Yunfei
>
>  ------------------------------
>  zhangyunfei
> 2010-04-09
>  ------------------------------
>  *发件人：* Wang Xu
> *发送时间：* 2010-04-09 16:03:32
> *收件人：* meng.yu
> *抄送：* zhangyunfei; [e-mail]
> *主题：* Re:_[clouds]_答复:_scope_of_the_cloud
>
>  Yunfei  and  Meng,
>
> Do  you  have  any  practical  use  case  of  live  migration  of  virtual
> machine?  I  do  not  find  any  case  of  heavy  utilization  of VM
>  migration.
>
> And  some  tests  indicated  that  the  migration  in  product  environment
>  is
> not  mature  enough  yet.
>
> 2010/4/9   <[e-mail] >
> >
> >  Not  only  (virtual  )resource/(or  tasks)  migration  esp.  in
>  different  clouds,  but  migration  from  different  servers  in  one
>  cloud,  I  think  it  could  be  resonable.
> >
> >  Further,  I  am  thinking  could  them  be  harmonized  together  for
>  the  protocol  aspect?
> >
> >
> >
> >  "zhangyunfei"   <[e-mail] >
> >  发件人:   [e-mail]
> >
> >  2010-04-09  14:21
> >
> >  收件人
> >  "[e-mail]"   <[e-mail] >,  "sjj"   <[e-mail] >
> >  抄送
> >  主题
> >  [clouds]  scope  of  the  cloud
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  Hi  all.
> >        Some  kindly  told  me  that  my  email  is  not  displayed
>  corretly.So  send  again.
> >  -------------------------------------------------
> >
> >  Sam  and  all,
> >      The  topic  of  standardizing  (virtual  )resource  migration  esp.
>  in  different  clouds  you  mentioned  sounds  interesting.Do  you  have
>  more  details  to  share?Thanks.
> >        Another  point:Is  there  standard  protocols  in  interconnecting
>  different  regions  of  clusters?I  thinks  if  there  are  room  to
>  expolore,it  would  be  a  suitable  topic  in  IETF.
> >
> >  BR
> >  Yunfei
> >
> >
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