Re: [nvrg-bof] poll on charter focus - RESPONSES DUE OCT 23

[Roland Bless <bless at tm.uka.de>]

Hi Joe,

Joe Touch wrote:
> Aaron Falk wrote:
>>     To be very explicit, I'd like to ask whether the folks on this list
>>     who might participate in a research group feel that such an RG
>>     should focus on a) the virtualization of networks or b)
>>     virtualization of systems including networks and others things such
>>     as hosts, services, storage, sensors/actuators.

> In order for this group to move forward, we need to decide what our
> focus is. So, to that end, I'll summarize the current views:
> 
> 	a) virtualization of networks
> 		Joe
> 
> 	b) virtualization of systems,
> 	incl. networks, hosts, services, storage, sensors/actuators
> 		Aaron
> 
> Can everyone on this list please try to post a short not indicating your
> view of where this group should focus ASAP, no later than Friday Oct 23.
> That should help us gauge how to proceed.

Somehow I'm between both views :-)
I think that the RG should mainly focus on virtualization of networks,
but we should also include further aspects as mentioned in b).
IMHO we shouldn't concentrate on OS virtualization (as also Joe
pointed out, there is overlap with other groups in the Cloud/Grid
computing area), but aspects of network virtualization inside hosts
are definitely interesting, e.g., attachment to a multitude of different
VNets or storage in case of content centric networking. So, currently I
have to abstain since neither a) nor b) are a perfect fit for me.

Regards,
 Roland