SalsaDPI
This is a collaborative project supported by Indiana University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, supervised by Judy Qiu, Assistant Director of the Pervasive Technology Institute at Indiana University Bloomington.
Introduction
Core Purpose
- Reproducible cloud environment provider
- Supports public and private clouds
- Automates software installation and configuration
- Enables automated data analysis
Key Features
- Environment Management
- Automated settings configuration
- Application execution automation
- Multiple cloud infrastructure support
- Various storage model compatibility
- User Benefits
- Reduced learning curve
- Focus on application development
- GUI interface via Portal
- Executes user-defined binaries
Capabilities
- Tested with 80+ VM instances
- Verified on FutureGrid Eucalyptus cloud
- Returns execution results
- Convenient cloud feature access
Showcase: salsaDPI in Science Cloud Summer School 2012
In the summer of 2012, Indiana University and other 9 university sites hosted a week-long virtual Science Cloud Summer School. This conference introduced cloud technologies and science applications to over 200 graduate students and staff participants across the nation. SalsaDPI was used as one of the cloud tools and contributed to a tutorial for reproducible environments. It has the ability to deploy both a single node (sandbox) and a virtual cluster. Also, it automatically executes Hadoop and Twister applications like WordCount and Kmeans after installing the selected software stack. The tutorial is available online. A video example of Hadoop WordCount can be accessed from Youtube (please view it with video quality of 1080p).