Oscar, I don't think that setting up your own VCL - which actually is a fair amount of work - is the right way to show off its features and working. The VCL has major "economies of scale" - and that can be translated into "diseconomies of smallness".
My suggestion is to start in increments. First, find an institution with a working VCL which will give you a trial or temporary account and get some experience with using it as a user. That may actually give you the ability to do a demonstration. Next, see if you can arrange to get some more privileges - e.g. to "make environments", and that would allow you to do what instructors and/or support staff can do. At that point you really can do a major demonstration. If that demo make everyone feel that you should go ahead and put in a "minimum VCL" then you have a number of options. You also have more learning. Larry Burton (UNC-A&T) has an automated installation method (it should be at Apache) which can install the VCL on a very small system (my memory is that it can be as small as one blade server) - although that won't do much actual computation. Also, I heard that someone at NC State is close to completing a "VCL on a laptop" system - I'm not sure of the current status. But if you have gone far enough in using someone else's VCL you may want to start with an installation large enough to provide some useful computing. But using any such installation will require you to understand how to install, troubleshoot, cope with software licensing, handle the network configuration, ... All that and more is covered in "bootcamp" - usually a full week of training and practice - which typically involves expenses - e.g. travel - and which may be available through several sources. NC State runs a bootcamp at intervals, http://silverlininginnovationsllc.com/ will contract to run a bootcamp and provide other support services, and IBM has run some bootcamps. These are my personal opinions, and I hope they help. --henry On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Oscar Tejada <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I've been through the existing documentation available on the website to > determine what is needed to prepare a proof of concept or an environment > with the minimum requirements for VCL and its base infrastructure to > operate. > Can you folks suggest a practical way to test and demonstrate to a small > audience how does VCL work, and what the features are? > > Oscar Tejada / Telf: 04127520868 / Skype: oscar.tejada
