= Moving Experiments from GENI-in-a-Box to ProtoGENI Aggregates =

The GENI-in-a-Box aggregate is most similar to the GENI [http://www.protogeni.net ProtoGENI] aggregates.   This page describes some of the similarities and differences between these aggregates.

== Similarities ==
  * All experimenter nodes have 3 NICs available to the experimenter.  These are in addition to a fourth NIC that is used by the aggregate control plane.
  * Experimenters get root access to their virtual machines.
  * Virtual machines from both aggregates are implemented as OpenVZ containers running Fedora 15.  The Ubuntu flavor of GENI-in-a-Box provides OpenVZ containers running Ubuntu.   


== Differences ==
  * Both GENI-in-a-Box and ProtoGENI return manifest rspecs that  includes the MAC addresses and the device names associated with the network interfaces on each host.  For example, see the {{{<in the snippet of a manifest rspec below, the host has a 
  * Aggregate URN in rspec.  ''Note: You can use your ProtoGENI rspec with the URN for a ProtoGENI aggregate in your GENI-in-a-Box rspec.  The GENI-in-a-Box aggregate manager does not check the aggregate URN in the rspec.''