iCSC2011
Virtualization and Clouds
A Series of three lectures
Lecturers:
Luigi Gallerani
Carlos Garcia Fernandez
Belmiro Moreira
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A
few questions |
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Can server virtualization
save power?
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Recovering
from
server
disaster:
Can virtualization help?
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How to go above hardware
physical
limits?
All the answers at iCSC
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Every few years a new hype or revolution emerge in the IT world.
Over the past few years virtualization technologies and cloud
computing have grown in popularity and they are seen as the next
paradigm shift. However, as for most new paradigm which are
rapidly adopted by industry, there may be confusion between the
concepts and their implementation, the principles and the actual
services, the corporate and the commercial approaches, the hypes
and hopes.
This series of three lectures aims at clarifying these possible
ambiguities by presenting the virtualization concepts, its
application to the Cloud metaphore, via the presentation
and demonstration of different virtualization technologies.
Targeted
audience :
This series of three lectures targets any computer scientists or physicists
interested in better understanding the virtualization and cloud
concepts.
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Theme:
Virtualization and Clouds
Lecture:
Virtualization: what it is, how it works
A few questions addressed
in the lecture |
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Thursday 3 March |
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10:15 11:10 |
Lecture
1 |
Virtualization: what it is, how it
works
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Luigi Gallerani
Carlos Garcia Fernandez |
Description
Virtualization has become over the
past years a popular approach to try and use more
efficiently computing resources.
In this lecture, a general overview of what virtualization
is and what it can provide is given. Server
virtualization is a particular mode of implementation which
is explained. In order to provide a clearer picture of the
features and benefits of virtualization and to usefully
complement the theoretical explanations, several practical
demos will be presented to the audience.
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Audience and benefits
Anyone interested in better understanding what
virtualization is and to see practical features
through demos is invited to attend. |
Pre-requisite
No prerequisite knowledge is needed to follow
this lecture
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Theme:
Virtualization and Clouds
Lecture:
Server Virtualization at Work
A few questions addressed in the
lecture
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Thursday 3 March |
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11:20 12:15 |
Lecture 2 |
Server Virtualization at work |
Luigi Gallerani
Carlos Garcia Fernandez |
Description
After the introduction to virtualization in lecture 1, this
second lecture focuses on server virtualization through
practical demos.
Participants will see on a demo how to create a robust,
redundant and high-availability cluster of Virtual Servers.
They will see how to connect this cluster to multiple
virtual networks, how to life migrate a server from one host
to another one and how to manage and monitor a huge number
of virtual servers in a real production environment.
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Audience
Anyone
interested in today's server virtualization possibilities
and in the future trends.
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Pre-requisite
A basic knowledge of linux shell will help to fully benefit
from the lecture. |
Theme:
Virtualization and Clouds
Lecture:
Unweaving Clouds: Principles and
Practice
A few questions addressed in
the lecture
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Thursday 3 March |
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14:00 - 14:55 |
Lecture 3 |
Unweaving Clouds: Principles and Practice |
Belmiro Moreira
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Description
Cloud computing has been a buzzword
for many years but more than ever it continues to attract
and keep the interest of both the computer community and
businesses. In this lecture we discuss the concepts,
applications and benefits of Cloud Computing. As an example
of a Cloud Computing application at CERN, we present "lxcloud".
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Audience
This lecture targets all participants with interest in
Cloud Computing and virtualization
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Pre-requisite
No special prior knowledge of the topic is required to
benefit from this lecture. |
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