Just FYI ; I had something similar in my mind and we had a discussion [1] on dev@ few weeks back. I still believe that it would be a must-have feature in Airavata.
[1] - http://apache.markmail.org/message/fnujm4j4kk2h2kxu?q=Decoupling+GFac+Providers Thanks, Danushka On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 9:27 PM, Suresh Marru <[email protected]> wrote: > + 1 this is a great topic and a stand alone one by itself. > > A good example to watch here is what Milinda did last year [1] , he not > only added a cloud provider but fundamentally fixed the GFac architecture > [2]. A similar goal of a concrete task of adding the provider Marlon > suggested while critically reviewing the provider architecture will be > great. > > Suresh > > [1] - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AIRAVATA-357 > [2] - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AIRAVATA-477 > > On Apr 15, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Marlon Pierce <[email protected]> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi all-- > > > > There has been some great discussion on GSOC projects involving > > JS/HTML5/REST/etc user interface environments. These will be great > > for exercising the Airavata API and evaluating the best ways to wrap > > it as a service. > > > > There's also been a lot of work put into redesigning the GFAC > > component to make it easier to provide plugins. It would be great if > > we could identify projects that exercise this as well and make a wide > > range of new plugins in the process. Some possibilities: > > > > * Azure and other cloud provider plugins to complement the EC2 plugin. > > > > * Open Science Grid-based plugins. These may be interesting for > > anyone who has or wants to set up a campus grid > > (https://twiki.grid.iu.edu/bin/view/CampusGrids/WebHome). > > > > * JSDL/BES-based service providers. JSDL and BES are Open Grid Forum > > standards for running jobs on high performance computers. UNICORE and > > SAGA are a couple of implementations. > > > > More creative suggestions for plugins are also welcome. > > > > > > Marlon > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.18 (Darwin) > > Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRbBACAAoJEOEgD2XReDo5/GcH/RLPW1JeNOI9s0YWWCDh1yWR > > jHLOrDg+HzvHlinDfH56earbL0z28Sc+VcN5lkEdgBa35JXMjcZvzmynT3dDEBUH > > BIsFM+iqYH4B1fxg8NZ6BsqschosTdVw2JZu8sGapML9m/MOFAIkxB0XLJ6FGyst > > Dp3QIVsZL7H5MXl8K9K2efx12qj5lCdKzwzRt1LH+tbSCcpnoeXs8BcnG6jB9kQ4 > > Q0pLvgQxsTIP2RlapS8SgcZggzdpdKNWimfM1VxBHpcwwIJTzK3LXt17XVeZ/Zan > > 4K7lJamUkYWCmptFWkyoyzoOrb4h5zsFoNFWsFd8moKefyDjHMcEG9rbhLHyGfk= > > =9SId > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
