Wednesday, 2021-08-04

ttx#startmeeting large_scale_sig15:00
opendevmeetMeeting started Wed Aug  4 15:00:26 2021 UTC and is due to finish in 60 minutes.  The chair is ttx. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot.15:00
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opendevmeetThe meeting name has been set to 'large_scale_sig'15:00
ttx#topic Rollcall15:00
oneswig_hi15:00
ttxoneswig_: hi!15:00
ttxWho else is here for the Large Scale SIG meeting?15:00
belmoreirao/15:00
ttxHey Belmiro, not vacationing yet?15:01
ttxthat said, with the weather we have...15:01
belmoreiralooking forward to the end of the week :)15:01
ttxbelmoreira: where are you going?15:01
ttxpinging amorin15:02
ttxOur agenda for today is at:15:02
belmoreiraI will go to Portugal and try to have some weeks next to the sea15:02
ttx#link https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/large-scale-sig-meeting15:02
ttxnice, going to Southwest France / Northeast Spain myself15:02
ttxAlright let's get going15:03
belmoreiragreat15:03
ttx#topic Next OpenInfraLive session: Discussing software-defined supercomputers (August 26)15:03
ttxFor this one, given that our usual crew is not available, I opted for something slightly different15:03
ttxA whole separate facet of "large scale": software-defined supercomputers! :)15:03
ttxoneswig_ volunteered to lead a discussion on this and opened his address book15:03
ttxSo far we secured 4 guests:15:03
ttxSadaf Alam (CTO of CSCS, the Swiss national supercomputer centre)15:04
ttxHappy Sithole (Director of Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) South Africa)15:04
ttxSteve Quenette (Deputy Director, Monash e-Research Centre)15:04
ttxand of course Stig who will host the discussion.15:04
belmoreirathis will be a great session!15:04
oneswig_ttx: do you have a good example of topics for a lively discussion from previous sessions?  Anything you'd like to see included?15:04
belmoreirathanks onewig_15:04
oneswig_hope so belmoreira!15:04
ttxwe can brainstorm that a bit, let's talk speakers first15:05
ttxWe have two wildcards: Gregory Orange from Pawsey, and Dorah Thobye (also from CHPC)15:05
ttxAnd finally we also have two as-yet-unanswered invitations: Jonathan Mills (NASA Goddard) and Paul Calleja (Cambridge)15:05
ttxI'd like to give answers to Greg and Dorah today if possible.15:05
ttxBut I would also like to give Jon and Paul a chance to participate, while keeping the number of speakers at 6 max15:05
ttxSo maybe the simplest is to reply "no" to our wildcards, keep the door open for Jon and Paul. Worst case scenario if they can't make it, we'll have only 4 guests.15:06
ttxStig: does that make sense?15:06
oneswig_I think Dorah's a substitute for Happy, if he can't make it.  I don't think you would need both involved.15:06
ttxcool15:06
oneswig_But yes that makes sense15:06
oneswig_Greg is very kind to offer to stay up past midnight.15:07
ttxI'll be around to do the intro and outro, as well as selecting pertinent questions during the show. That way you can fully focus on leading the discussion.15:07
oneswig_That would be a great help15:07
ttxregarding the discussion script, the idea is to work on it between now and the event... And then we can present it to the guests just before the show.15:07
ttxbelmoreira: any tips?15:08
ttxI think the general idea is to have a series of base questions, but a lot of flexibility based on how the discussion goes15:08
ttxStart with intros and give guests the possibility to explain what they do15:08
oneswig_I hope we will run out of time, rather than run out of content.  Usually it works that way.15:09
ttxthen very open questions like "unique challenges of that use case", "what role openstack plays" and then dive deeper15:09
oneswig_Does the format include questions from the audience?15:09
ttxyes, we take questions from the audience. usually we try to take at least one early in the show to show that people can actually ask questions and be featured15:09
ttxYou can review the last one we made as an example:15:10
ttxhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7oN2XdI__k15:10
oneswig_Super, thanks.15:10
ttxThe platform we use allows to collect questions from all the streaming places (LinkedIn, YoutUbe...) and see them all15:10
ttxthen you can show the question on the screen while answering it15:11
belmoreirahaving ttx monitoring the  live questions is great... maybe you should also join with the questions during the discussion if you think they are pertinent... in my case it was very difficult to follow the discussion and chat... we should avoid leaving all the live questions to the end15:11
ttxlike https://youtu.be/G7oN2XdI__k?t=157215:11
ttxYeah the trickiest part is getting the discussion lead to acknowledge and introduce a selected question15:12
ttxWe use the tool's internal chat for that15:12
oneswig_And the moderator puts the question up on the screen?15:13
belmoreirattx what you just mention earlier it great... if you see a good question just stick it in the screen and is addressed next15:13
ttxbut at least it's a lot simpler than when a single person monitored questions, selected them and followed the discussion at the same time15:13
ttxour producer folks will put it on screen when we tell them15:14
oneswig_That sounds easier, one less thing to worry about!15:14
ttxIn terms of prep you need: a loose script to follow in case the discussion does not naturally develop, a list of messages banners you'd like to show.15:15
mdelavergne(hi, sorry for being late!)15:15
ttxIt's a lot easier than it sounds really. Selecting the right people to have the discussion is actually the hardest part :)15:15
ttxIf you pick the right people, the discussion naturally happens and makes the best shows15:15
ttxthe script is there more as a backup in case the discussion stalls15:16
oneswig_I think we've got a fairly chatty bunch with no shortage of opinions between them :-) 15:16
ttxor in case there is a question you absolutely want to tackle15:16
ttxThat's an example of a prepared banner that we can display: https://youtu.be/G7oN2XdI__k?t=272615:17
ttxThose it's good to have a list in advance so that we can enter them ahead of time15:17
ttxbut we can also make them on the spot15:17
oneswig_Is there an etherpad already for script ideas, or should I start one?15:17
ttxoneswig_: in Ashlee's message you have a link to a collab doc on Google docs15:18
oneswig_ah, great. Thanks ttx15:18
ttxYou can dump your thoughts there, and we can finalize them the week of the event15:19
ttxAny other question on how it all works?15:19
oneswig_I think that's plenty for now thank you15:20
ttxWe also have the possibility to show a few slides at the start to introduce the topic, but it's also OK if we dont have any15:20
oneswig_Good to know15:21
ttxIn our case it feels like the real highlight will be the exciting science those people do in connection with openstack, so I'd rather talk about that instead15:21
ttxunless you think we should ask each of them a single slide to present their setup, or something15:21
ttx(in which case we'd have to ask them for it)15:22
ttxI'm fine with whatever, especially since I won;t be much around between today and the show to help gathering them15:23
ttxok, maybe we can move on to next topic?15:24
oneswig_I am not sure.  I don't want to impose, and it might not add much.  There may be options there.15:24
oneswig_go ahead15:24
ttx#topic Progress/Blockers15:24
ttxWith most of the crew out of office, I suspect we don;t have much Large Scale SIG progress to report.... anything belmoreira ?15:24
belmoreirasorry, will try to have it ready next time15:25
ttxOK let's jump directly to...15:25
ttx#topic Next meeting15:25
ttxOur next scheduled IRC meeting will be... August 18. Should we have one then?15:25
ttxThat's the week before the OpenInfra Live, so could make a good last-minute org meeting15:25
ttxI'm also very happy to skip it if nobody's around :)15:26
belmoreiraI will only be around in September15:26
ttxoneswig_: do you want to coordinate then, or shoudl we just do emails?15:27
oneswig_I should be around if there are last-minute issues15:27
ttxHow about we do emails, and jump on IRC/Zoom if necessary15:27
oneswig_Good plan15:28
ttxAlright, Aug 18 is a skip then!15:28
ttx#info next IRC meeting on Sept 1st15:28
ttxOur next open "Large scale openstack" slot for OpenInfra Live will be Oct 21, so that gives us time to organize.15:28
ttxWe could do the Inception episode or the Monitoring episode, depending on who can make it.15:28
ttxbelmoreira: you can mark your calendar already :)15:29
oneswig_belmoreira: we've experimented with nova cell controllers in VMs 15:29
oneswig_but to avoid the recursion, they all reside in one cell that has a physical cell contoller.15:30
ttx#info Next OpenInfraLive slot (after Aug 26) will be Oct 2115:30
ttxAlright... Anything else, anyone?15:30
belmoreiraoneswig_ ok15:30
ttxbelmoreira just embraces the recursion15:31
oneswig_... but does the recursion embrace back15:31
ttxthat's one great mystery of the universe. Now that the higgs Boson is not15:31
belmoreirait's even better when running OpenStack in k8s clusters deployed by magnum :)15:32
ttxmy head hurts15:32
ttxAlright, Boson jokes means the meeting is probably over15:32
ttxThanks everyone15:33
oneswig_thanks!15:33
belmoreirathanks15:33
ttx#endmeeting15:33
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