Open Cirrus™ is an open cloud-computing research testbed designed to support research into the design, provisioning, and management of services at a global, multi-datacenter scale.

The open nature of the testbed is designed to encourage research into all aspects of service and datacenter management. In addition, we hope to foster a collaborative community around the testbed, providing ways to share tools, lessons and best practices, and ways to benchmark and compare alternative approaches to service management at datacenter scale.

Open Cirrus’ corporate sponsors, HP, Intel and Yahoo!, are pleased to announce the first Open Cirrus Summit, June 8-9 2009, in Palo Alto, California. Current and prospective members of the Open Cirrus community are invited to participate in this important event, designed to build a sense community among members and foster discussion and dialogue on relevant research topics.

Objectives for the Summit include:

• Kick-off of Open Cirrus with its sponsors and members;
• Community and team building among participants;
• Discussion and planning on the evolution of Open Cirrus infrastructure;
• Discussion and planning on research topics; and
• Discussion and planning on services to develop and test on the Open Cirrus infrastructure.

Summit Program

The program for the Open Cirrus will consist of a series of general sessions on the first day (June 8), followed by presentations by guest speakers and breakout sessions on the second day (June 9). The program also includes plans for social events on both evenings, to allow for community building and networking.

• Click here for the current agenda

Logistics and Registration

Researchers from current Open Cirrus sponsors and testbed members, as well as from prospective testbed members, are invited to attend the Summit. Current and prospective researchers from other institutions using Open Cirrus through a testbed site are also welcome to participate. When registering, attendees should indicate the site/member to which they are affiliated.

Attendees should register for the event by visiting the Open Cirrus Summit Registration Page. A list of recommended hotels and travel recommendations is also provided on the registration page.

IMPORTANT LOCATION CHANGE: The Open Cirrus Summit will now be held at HP Labs’ headquarters in Palo Alto, California:

Hewlett Packard Labs
Building 3 Upper
1501 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Building 3 visitor lobby telephone: (650) 857-2442

Visitor parking is available directly in front of Building 3 Upper in the designated visitor lot. If full, additional parking is available in the employee lot. Both are marked on the HP site map (bottom left) available for download below.

• Click here to download driving directions and a map of the HP site, including parking instructions
• Click here get driving directions via Google Maps

Open Cirrus™ is a trademark of Yahoo! Inc. used with permission.