Cloud Computing
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Contents
Amazon EC2
- EC2 Login
- EC2 Compute Options
- Amazon 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.