Running OSv-based Apache Spark Workers with Kubernetes

This blog post describes how a complete Apache Spark application can be deployed on Kubernetes. Figure 1 illustrates the deployment: it contains a single Docker container (Spark Driver) and two kinds of OSv unikernels, the Spark Master and the Spark Workers. The complete setup is available in mikelangelo-project/osv-spark-demo GitHub repository and can be deployed with…

OpenFOAM aerodynamic use case

Pipistrel, a Slovenian light aircraft manufacturer, uses computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations in order to design its aircrafts. Pipistrel is currently limited to a small in-house cluster, that is why it is exploring different options in order to increase the fidelity and reduce the calculations time of its CFD simulations. Pipistrel’s main CFD software is…

If you are an innovator, a researcher or an entrepreneur from any of the fields connected with cloud computing, take part in the shaping, provide input what you wish to be addressed in the next H2020 work programme at: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/consultation-cloud-computing-research-innovation-challenges-wp-2018-2020 DG CONNECT is consulting all interested stakeholders on the research and innovation challenges in the…

Background - the Cloud Cloud providers are working to improve the security of their service in order to accommodate the requirements of demanding corporate and government customers. Their main focus is on traditional network security. The same economy of scale that enables a cloud provider to offer computing and networking at a discount allows it to…