| | 1 | Virtualization for BOINC (client and server side) |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | Strong consensus that this technology has great value for: |
| | 4 | - uniformity of execution environment |
| | 5 | - isolation / security |
| | 6 | - checkpointing |
| | 7 | |
| | 8 | On client side, lively discussion occurred on implementation details, partly driven by different priorities for network access, use of free software, etc. Approaches require different amounts of modification to BOINC and/or to applications. Collaborations established between some participants to share experiences. CERN work is documented at: |
| | 9 | https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LHCAtHome/BOINCAndAtlas |
| | 10 | |
| | 11 | On server side, agreed to formally request BOINC to update the VMWare server image every x months (x = 3 ?) and provide a guide to its use as a testbed for relatively inexperienced users, on Linux, Windows and MacOSX. |
