Hi, Doran A blob is indeed a blob :)
I would start by going to github jclouds-examples and making a few blobs of your own. You can play with these and also look at jclouds.org/documentation where there's a BlobStore guide, to help you understand what it is like, being a blob. Finally, you can hop on irc freenode #jclouds to meet others coping with life in a blobby world. -A On Mar 21, 2012 5:30 PM, "Doron Tsur" <[email protected]> wrote: > Setting up a simple Whirr cluster would be my next step. I'm trying to get > a good feel of the project so I've been going over some documentation. I > don't come with a lot of background in cloud computing so I'm figuring it > out as I go. This step also requires me to setup an Ubuntu Server 10.04, I > will do that and run Whirr on it. > > It took me a while to understand that a blob is just that, a blob. I'm > assuming that the entire Blob Store concept was created in order to > transfer and store big binary files efficiently. I'm not sure how this is > achieved yet but a client doesn't need to understand the server just how to > interface with it. > > Things I want to do: > > 1. Support create, delete and setMetaData (I understand Blobs have that, > right?) in the basics. > > 2. Support functions with out occupying the Whirr terminal. meaning that as > soon as a request is made, the CLI can be free to do other things while the > job is done in the background. I'm guessing that create can be time > consuming. As soon as the function is done it should print the result/stats > to the screen. blocking the CLI if required should be easy if needed. > > 3. It came to mind that on a cloud you can have several Blob Stores and if > Blobs could bounce from one to another it could be useful. If this is > possible, Blob Store wise, I would like to support move and copy between > blobs. This will less constrain the users bandwidth and could be useful for > scripting on top of this client . > > It would be great if you could share any quality links regarding Whirr, > Jclouds, cloud computing and interfacing with a BlobStores. Google is my > friend but all of you have been researching the topic for some time now. > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:50 AM, Andrei Savu <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Good to hear that you find the project interesting. > > > > #286 sounds like a great fit for you. Have you tried to setup a simple > > cluster with Whirr? How do you think the blob store client should look > > like? > > > > Cheers, > > > > -- Andrei Savu / andreisavu.ro > > > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:21 AM, Doron Tsur <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > HI all, > > > > > > This is the second ASF project that caught my eye. I guess Apache must > be > > > doing something right. I looked in to some JIRA issues which are > mentored > > > candidate and this interested me > > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-286 > > > > > > I've been taking interest in several open source project, after > speaking > > > with several committers on a bunch of projects I figured out the style > of > > > project I would like to do. I would like to own one feature, it doesn't > > > really matter which, though there some which are more appealing than > > > others. This would be my main project, during that time I would also > like > > > to perform general purpose bug fixing. This will allow me to produce > two > > > forms of deliverable code. The bug fixes should be on a weekly or > > bi-weekly > > > basis depending on main projects constrains and other factors. I will > > work > > > out the details with the mentor. I wonder if this approach sounds > > > reasonable for you? > > > > > > I'm guessing some of you or going to be mentors in the upcoming GSoC, > do > > > you have a specific notion in mind? > > > What kind of details would you like to see in the application? > > > Any Whirr specific documents you would like me to go in to while > writing > > up > > > a proposal? > > > > > > Please, feel free to share your thoughts! > > > > > > Good Day, > > > qballer > > > > > >
