Difference between revisions of "Cloud Computing"
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*[https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/ Amazon EC2 - Virtual Server Hosting Home Page] | *[https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/ Amazon EC2 - Virtual Server Hosting Home Page] | ||
* [https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/ EC2 Instance Descriptions (Virtual Server Size Options)] | * [https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/ EC2 Instance Descriptions (Virtual Server Size Options)] | ||
| − | * Amazon Storage Options | + | * [https://aws.amazon.com/s3/?nc2=h_l3_sc Amazon S3 Storage Description (Cloud-based storage Options)] |
== Cloud Deployment Tools == | == Cloud Deployment Tools == | ||
Revision as of 06:38, 29 February 2016
The following entries describe cloud computing technologies relevant to SCEC research computing.
Contents
Amazon EC2
- Amazon EC2 - Virtual Server Hosting Home Page
- EC2 Instance Descriptions (Virtual Server Size Options)
- Amazon S3 Storage Description (Cloud-based storage Options)
Cloud Deployment Tools
- Chef
- Puppet
- Docker
- OpenStack
Cloud Computing Definition
According to the NIST, true cloud computing has 5 well-defined characteristics:
- on-demand self-service
- broad network access
- resource pooling
- rapid elasticity
- measured service
Cloud Computing Software Stack
SCEC cloud computing depends on a host OS of CentOS with KVM Hypervisor, and CentOS guest operating system.
