- This page is meant to organize the discussion around the virtualization of Fermi Science Analysis Systems software. Some pieces of software today have a long history and there is a clear lack of man power to have these run on recent platforms. Some software are stuck on RHEL5, other on RHEL6, others run on modern platform. A detailed status point has to be made on each piece to understand the way forward: maintenance, VM, container.
- Information on this page were first gathered from a number of reference pages:
Table of content
| Table of Contents |
|---|
...
Task List
- Prioritize this task list
- Make a detailed status for each of the main software package (Summary table below)
- Make a very simple list of use cases: L1Proc, End user, Developer...
- Summarize pros and cons of VMs vs Containers (considering use cases)
- Summarize pros and cons of Docker vs Singularity (considering use cases)
- Summarize Virtualization and Containerization status at SLAC and CC-IN2P3
- Can the Release Manager create and track the VM/Containers?
...
- Virtual machines running in a cloud environment or on a farm made of virtual nodes
Containers
- a few technologies to consider Docker, Shifter (Nersk for HPC) and Singularity
- advantages over a full VM usually are:
- light weight
- better performance
- container has to be carefully built
- Docker
- Shifter
- Singularity
...