- Nebula (computing platform)
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NASA Nebula 
Developer(s) NASA 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. The project began in 2008 under the direction of Chris C. Kemp.[1][2][3]
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 an open-source project and uses a variety of open-source components, including OpenStack, Lustre and RabbitMQ.
References
- ^ ""White House Mulls Making NASA a Center for Federal Cloud Computing"". nextgov. July 24, 2009. http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090724_6498.php. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
- ^ ""NASA Blazing a Trail for Federal Cloud Computing"". Space News. September 21, 2009. http://www.spacenews.com/civil/nasa-blazing-trail-for-federal-cloud-computing.html. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
- ^ ""NASA Launches Portable Cloud Effort"". InformationWeek. December 17, 2009. http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/cloud-saas/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222002580. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
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