BonFIRE: the clouds and services testbed
Konstantinos Kavoussanakis
(1)
,
Alastair Hume
(1)
,
Josep Martrat
(2)
,
Carmelo Ragusa
(3)
,
Michael Gienger
(4)
,
Konrad Campowsky
(5)
,
Gregory Van Seghbroeck
(6)
,
Constantino Vázquez
(7)
,
Celia Velayos
(8)
,
Frédéric Gittler
(9)
,
Philip Inglesant
(10)
,
Giuseppe Carella
(11)
,
Vegard Engen
(12)
,
Michal Giertych
(13)
,
Giada Landi
(14)
,
David Margery
(15)
1
EPCC [Edinburgh]
2 ATOS [Barcelona]
3 SAP Research [Belfast]
4 HLRS - High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart [Stuttgart]
5 Fraunhofer FOKUS - Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems
6 Department of Information Technology [Gent]
7 UCM - Universidad Complutense de Madrid = Complutense University of Madrid [Madrid]
8 i2CAT - Fundació i2CAT
9 Hewlett-Packard Laboratories [Bristol]
10 451 Research Limited [London]
11 TU - Technical University of Berlin / Technische Universität Berlin
12 IT Innovation Centre [Southampton]
13 PSNC - Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center
14 NeXtworks - NeXtworks SRL [Pisa]
15 MYRIADS - Design and Implementation of Autonomous Distributed Systems
2 ATOS [Barcelona]
3 SAP Research [Belfast]
4 HLRS - High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart [Stuttgart]
5 Fraunhofer FOKUS - Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems
6 Department of Information Technology [Gent]
7 UCM - Universidad Complutense de Madrid = Complutense University of Madrid [Madrid]
8 i2CAT - Fundació i2CAT
9 Hewlett-Packard Laboratories [Bristol]
10 451 Research Limited [London]
11 TU - Technical University of Berlin / Technische Universität Berlin
12 IT Innovation Centre [Southampton]
13 PSNC - Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center
14 NeXtworks - NeXtworks SRL [Pisa]
15 MYRIADS - Design and Implementation of Autonomous Distributed Systems
Abstract
BonFIRE is a multi-site test bed that supports testing of Cloud-based and distributed applications. BonFIRE breaks the mould of commercial Cloud offerings by providing unique functionality in terms of observability, control, advanced Cloud features and ease of use for experimentation. A number of successful use cases have been executed on BonFIRE, involving industrial and academic users and delivering impact in diverse areas, such as media, e-health, environment and manufacturing. The BonFIRE user-base is expanding through its free, Open Access scheme, daily carrying out important research, while the consortium is working to sustain the facility beyond 2014.