DST lab commitments (#339)

content/dst/ift/2025q4-dst-lab.md

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+---
+title: DST Lab
+tags:
+  - "2025q4"
+  - "dst"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: "Scale and apply the VacLab to IFT's needs.
+Anticipate untapped use cases and needs from other teams.
+Improve the usage of the lab by optimizing resources and time allocation."
+---
+
+`vac:dst:ift:2025q4-dst-lab`
+
+## Description
+
+DST lab is a set of machines that are mainly used in a composed Kubernetes cluster.
+In this environment, we can do a set of experiments to test regressions,
+new functionalities and features, or experimental changes on any decentralized system.
+In these experiments, we look for abnormal behaviors, we do measurements to study
+the performance and robustness of the system. These results can be also used to compare
+with theoretical results and analyze the scaling behaviors of the systems.
+At the same time, we will work on improving the lab's resources and time allocation,
+while allow provisioning to other teams dedicated machines if they are needed.
+
+
+## Task list
+
+### Local lab
+
+* fully qualified name: `vac:dst:ift:2025q4-dst-lab:local-lab`
+* owner: Mamoutou
+* status: in progress (0%)
+* start-date: 2025/10/24
+* end-date: 2025/12/05
+
+#### Description
+We want a local replica of the DST lab so that tests and changes can be tried out 
+safely before they reach the main environment. This local setup mirrors the 
+structure of the real lab.
+We want to have the same monitoring system, while also having public endpoints that
+allow us to test functionalities of data analysis (Prometheus) or log parsing (VictoriaLogs).
+Provide all needed resources to do this deployment, and also document how it can be used.
+
+#### Deliverables
+- Code:
+- Reports:

content/dst/index.md

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 * [[dst/ift/2025q4-dst-tooling|dst-tooling]]
 * [[dst/ift/2025q4-dst-research-destination|dst-research-destination]]
 * [[dst/ift/2025q4-scaling-think-tank|scaling-think-tank]]
+* [[dst/ift/2025q4-dst-lab|dst-lab]]
 
 ### `nomos`
 * [[dst/nomos/2025q4-nomos-scaling|nomos-scaling]]