A Live Green NGI Platform
Creating Green Experiments over
a virtualized Infrastructure
Green IT Workshop - October 28th
Mathieu Lemay, CEO Inocybe Technologies
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The Canadian GREEN ICT
Strategy
Step #1 Relocalize the infrastructure to the Zero
Carbon datacenters. (Opportunity to use Canadian
North to lower cooling expenses)
Step #2 Segment and optimize the infrastructure by
using virtualization techniques.
Step #3 Share the infrastructure with different users by
providing them IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) giving
them different level of control.
Step #4 Add power-related resources to networks to
monitor, optimize power consumption as it is done for
network resources in step 3.
Step #5 Use new wireless and optical technologies to
reduce current carbon footprints of networks.
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Step #1 - Change infrastructure
location
• Many pieces of infrastructure doesn’t need to be located in
businesses or universities. This non location-specific
infrastructure can be placed at renewable sites.
Source: Bill St-Arnaud CANARIE
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Step #2 - Virtualization and
Segmentation
Traditional Infrastructure
Physical Substrate
Virtualized Infrastructure
Physical Substrate
Power Requirements
Organization A
Power Requirements
• 4 x Pchassis
Organization B
• 1 x Pchassis
• 26 x Pport
• Pcooling
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Organization C
• 26 x Pport
• Fraction of Pcooling
Organization D
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Step #3 - IaaS and Management
• Virtual infrastructure consists of many type of resources
allocated to specific users.
Wireless
Network #1
Optical
Network #1
Computing
Centre #1
Wireless
Network #2
Collaborative
Environment #1
Virtual Infrastructure #1
Power Sources
#1
Virtual Lab #1
Domain #1
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Domain #2
Source: GENI January Workshop Presentation
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Step #3 - IaaS and Management
• Virtual Infrastructures solutions are compared by the user
before buying the services.
VM
WSD
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Ether
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LT
WSRF
Ether
VirtualMachine
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LT
EthernetResourc
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EthernetResourc
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OS
Res
GRIM
WSR
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LT
Instrument
VM
WSD
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WSRF
Ether
Res
LT
OpticalSwitch
V-Infrastructure 1: 100$/ + 200$/H
VirtualMachine
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EthernetResourc
e
V-Infrastructure 2 : 200$ + 100$/H
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Step #3 - IaaS and Management
• Resources of any type of infrastucture can be managed in
the Resource Management Center (RMC).
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Step #3 - IaaS and Management
• Trading infrastructure resources can be done via direct
trading (i.e. sign-up for services at provider sites) or
brokered market places.
Marketplaces
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Direct Trading
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Step #3 - IaaS and Management
• Using metaschedulers on top of any “reservable” resources
allows users or service providers to have “services” provided
on-demand in a timely fashion.
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Step #4 - Add Power Sources in
Management
• Like network resources, power resources can be traded
between providers and institutions allowing institutions
(i.e. Universities) to have more control over their power
consumption / monitoring etc..
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Step #4 - Add Power Sources in
Management
• Adding power (remaining) or consumption as part of a
resource description makes it possible to have virtual
infrastructures where power cost is taken into account.
Power
WSD
M
WSRF
PowerSource
VM
WSD
M
Ether
Res
LT
WSRF
Ether
VirtualMachine
Res
LT
EthernetResourc
e
EthernetResourc
e
OS
Res
GRIM
WSR
F
LT
Instrument
VM
WSD
M
WSRF
Ether
Res
LT
OpticalSwitch
V-Infrastructure 1: 150$/ + 250$/H
VirtualMachine
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EthernetResourc
e
V-Infrastructure 2 : 200$ + 100$/H
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Step #5 - Optical/Wireless
Networks Power Efficiency
• New Networking Technologies to save power by
increasing the efficiency.
• Follow the wind, follow the sun placement of virtual
machines / routers.
• Use of multiple optical networks vs aggregated routed
networks.
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Source: T. Aoyama
http://techlahore.wordpress.com/
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The GreenNGI Platform
• Experimental Platform
built on HPDMnet (
http://www.hpdmnet.com)
virtualized resources.
• Perform green
experiments like follow
the wind, follow the sun
placement of virtual
machines / routers
resources.
• Roadmap follows new
NGI techniques
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Source: T. Aoyama
http://techlahore.wordpress.com/
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The GreenNGI Platform
DEMO
www.greenngi.com
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GreenNGI and HPDMnet
Partners
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