- Nimbus (cloud computing)
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Nimbus Developer(s) Kate Keahey, Tim Freeman, et al. Initial release TP2.2 2009-01-09 Written in Java, Python Operating system Linux Type Cloud computing License Apache License version 2 Website nimbusproject.org Nimbus is an open-source toolkit that, once installed on a cluster, provides an infrastructure as a Service cloud to its client via WSRF-based or Amazon EC2 WSDL web service APIs.
Nimbus supports the Xen hypervisor or KVM and virtual machine schedulers PBS and SGE. It allows deployment of self-configured virtual clusters via contextualization.[1] It is configurable with respect to scheduling, networking leases, and usage accounting.
Requirements
- Xen 3.x
- Kernel-based Virtual Machine
- Java 1.5+
- Python (2.4+)
- ebtables filtering tool for a bridging firewall
- DHCP server
See also
- Amazon EC2 computing and storage provider
- Cloud computing comparison
- Eucalyptus alternative open source IaaS software
- Xen hypervisor
References
- ^ Keahey, K., Freeman, T. (2008). "Contextualization: Providing One-Click Virtual Clusters", 2008 Fourth IEEE International Conference on eScience, pp.301-308. doi: 10.1109/eScience.2008.82
External links
- Nimbus website
- Science Clouds available
- Xen hypervisor
- ebtables software
- ISC DHCP software
Cloud computing Clients - Browsers
- Devices (Netbooks • Tablets • Smart phones)
- Operating Systems (Android • iOS • Windows Phone 7)
Applications Platforms - Amazon
- App Engine
- Azure
- Engine Yard
- Force.com
- Heroku
- RightScale
Infrastructure Technologies - Networking
- Security
- Datacenters
- Internet
- Structured storage
- Virtualization
- Web Services
- Virtual Appliance
Categories:- Cloud infrastructure
- Open source cloud computing
- Free software programmed in Java
- Free software programmed in Python
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