Thank you for the information Henry, I'll take your suggestion to seek an institution with a working VCL implementation in place to ask for trials.
On 19 April 2013 21:18, Henry Schaffer <[email protected]> wrote: > Oscar, > I don't think that setting up your own VCL - which actually is a > fair amount of work - is the right way to show off its features and > working. The VCL has major "economies of scale" - and that can be > translated into "diseconomies of smallness". > > My suggestion is to start in increments. First, find an institution > with a working VCL which will give you a trial or temporary account > and get some experience with using it as a user. That may actually > give you the ability to do a demonstration. > > Next, see if you can arrange to get some more privileges - e.g. to > "make environments", and that would allow you to do what instructors > and/or support staff can do. At that point you really can do a major > demonstration. > > If that demo make everyone feel that you should go ahead and put in > a "minimum VCL" then you have a number of options. You also have more > learning. Larry Burton (UNC-A&T) has an automated installation method > (it should be at Apache) which can install the VCL on a very small > system (my memory is that it can be as small as one blade server) - > although that won't do much actual computation. Also, I heard that > someone at NC State is close to completing a "VCL on a laptop" system > - I'm not sure of the current status. But if you have gone far enough > in using someone else's VCL you may want to start with an installation > large enough to provide some useful computing. > > But using any such installation will require you to understand how > to install, troubleshoot, cope with software licensing, handle the > network configuration, ... All that and more is covered in "bootcamp" > - usually a full week of training and practice - which typically > involves expenses - e.g. travel - and which may be available through > several sources. NC State runs a bootcamp at intervals, > http://silverlininginnovationsllc.com/ will contract to run a bootcamp > and provide other support services, and IBM has run some bootcamps. > > These are my personal opinions, and I hope they help. > > --henry > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Oscar Tejada <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've been through the existing documentation available on the website to > > determine what is needed to prepare a proof of concept or an environment > > with the minimum requirements for VCL and its base infrastructure to > > operate. > > Can you folks suggest a practical way to test and demonstrate to a small > > audience how does VCL work, and what the features are? > > > > Oscar Tejada / Telf: 04127520868 / Skype: oscar.tejada > -- Oscar Tejada +58 412 752 0868 / 414 422 0510
