Index: script.txt ================================================================== --- script.txt +++ script.txt @@ -100,20 +100,19 @@ - Mgmt connections are short-lived to tolerate link instability. - Gateways are entry points to the mgmt network. - They help extend it over multiple CNs by external means (e.g. FEDERICA, the Internet). - They can also route the management network to the Internet. -- Researchers run experiments in slices spread over several nodes (as - slivers). *##* +- Experiments are configured by researchers in the server and run in nodes. *##* ** Slices, slivers and nodes -# Axel: Reverse, from PoV of researcher: select nodes, run as slivers, gruop in slices. -- These concepts are inspired in PlanetLab. -- A slice is a management concept that groups a set of related slivers. -- A sliver holds the resources (CPU, memory, disk, bandwidth, interfaces…) - allocated for a slice in a given node. -- A node hosts several slivers at the same time. *##* +- Particularly, researchers select nodes for running experiments. +- Each node is able to run several experiments simultaneously. +- An experiment runs in a given node as a sliver which holds a share of its + resources (CPU, memory, disk, bandwidth, interfaces…). +- Finally, related slivers are grouped in a slice for management purposes. +- All these concepts are inspired in PlanetLab. *##* ** Node architecture # Axel: More stress on node itself. # Ivan: Don't zoom!! allows the realization of these concepts. *##* A node consists of a CD, a RD