Nebula (computing platform)
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| Developer(s) | NASA |
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| Initial release | - |
| Operating system | Any (Web-based application) |
| Type | Web development |
| Website | http://nebula.nasa.gov |
Nebula is a Federal cloud computing pilot under development at NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California. It is based around Cisco Systems’ Unified Computing System and servers from Silicon Mechanics.[1] The project began in 2007 and operates under the direction of Chris C. Kemp.[2][3][4]
The Ames Internet Exchange, which hosts the Nebula Cloud, was formerly MAE-West, one of the original nodes of the Internet, and is a major peering location for Tier 1 ISPs, as well as being the home of the "E" root name servers. Nebula also connects to CENIC and Internet2, with 10GigE connections. Nebula is a hybrid cloud that uses open data APIs for interoperability with commercial cloud providers, such as Amazon EC2 and Google App Engine.[5][6]
Nebula is an open-source project and uses a variety of open-source components, including Eucalyptus, Lustre and RabbitMQ.
References
- ^ Miller, Rich. "NASA's Nebula: The Cloud in a Container". Data Knowledge Center.
- ^ ""White House Mulls Making NASA a Center for Federal Cloud Computing"". nextgov. July 24, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
- ^ ""NASA Blazing a Trail for Federal Cloud Computing"". Space News. September 21, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
- ^ ""NASA Launches Portable Cloud Effort"". InformationWeek. December 17, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
- ^ ""NASA's New Cloud-Computing Environment"". Converanet. June 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-17. [dead link]
- ^ ""NASA's Nebula: The Cloud in a Container"". Data Center Knowledge. December 2, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-17.