Cloud Computing

The following entries describe cloud computing technologies relevant to SCEC research computing.

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:

1. on-demand self-service
2. broad network access
3. resource pooling
4. rapid elasticity
5. measured service

Cloud Computing Software Stack

SCEC cloud computing depends on a host OS of CentOS with KVM Hypervisor, and CentOS guest operating system.

Related Entries

• CSEP
• CME Project