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Open Call Q&A
What is the estimated number of trips I should budget for?
For experiments, we estimate 5 trips (3 internal project meetings and 2 official reviews) For Cloud Providers, additionally there may be another 1-2 focussed technical meetings for 6-7 total (4-5 internal project meetings and 2 official reviews) Provisional schedule would be as follows:
Additional technical meetings with Cloud Provider participation as scheduled as needed for project progress
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How many partners should participate for integration of a cloud infrastructure provider?
We foresee the participation of one company, i.e. a cloud infrastructure provider. |
What is the available funding as a cloud infrastructure provider?
€100.000 (max) are allocated for the inclusion of a Cloud provider. |
Who can apply for conducting Open Call experiments on BonFIRE?
The profile of organizations is both academics and companies active in the ‘service research’ domain that need to run experiments to further test, consolidate or optimize their service platform, software services or tools that can be encapsulated in a set of VMs. The rules of participation are the same as for any FP7 project. We foresee to have typically one, maximum two participant organizations per experiment. The activities to be carried out in the experiment related to this call are the following:
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Who can apply for integration as a cloud infrastructure provider in the context of this Open Call?
The profile of the company we are looking to engage with is a private/public cloud infrastructure provider with access to their own platform and the ability to support the creation of a new BonFIRE site on its infrastructure. The rules of participation are the same as for any FP7 project. |
What are the requirements for the Cloud infrastructure provider?
The successful candidate will give access to their platform via programmable APIs and web-based interfaces and have enough capacity to host a lab-like project environment. The requested capacity to be dedicated to BonFIRE is in the region of 8 to 16 nodes x 4 cores (3GHz) 8 GB RAM and 2-3 Tb SAN. The new provider should expose access to their resources by means of the Open Cloud Computing Interface (OCCI) to be accessed from the BonFIRE Resource Manager and become an additional BonFIRE site. On the other hand, as another type of test, it will also have the install the BonFIRE stack (Resource Manager and Portal). The provider should be able to analyze and report back on issues raised and deployment errors that might be encountered within the work of the project. The activities to be carried out in the project related to this call are the following:
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How many experiments does the project expect to fund?
Up to 4 experiments will be funded in the second open call. |
How many partners should participate in an experiment?
We foresee the participation of normally one, maximum two organizations per experiment. |
What is the available funding per experiment?
The estimated total Commission funding available per experiment is €100.000-150.000(max). |
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