Software:Nebula (computing platform)
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Short description: Federal cloud computing platform
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| Developer(s) | NASA |
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| Operating system | Any (web-based application) |
| Type | Web development |
| Website | nebula |
Nebula is a federal cloud computing platform that originated at NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California.[1] Nebula hosted many advanced research projects. One application Open Sourced by NASA and developed by the Nebula project, 'nova' became one of the two founding projects of the OpenStack project.[2][3]
History
The Ames Internet Exchange (AIX), 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. The AIX provides connectivity to the Nebula Cloud, enabling 10 Gigabit Ethernet connections to NISN.
The Nebula-Project uses a variety of free and open-source software.
See also
- OpenNebula
- OpenStack
- Eucalyptus (computing)
- Ganeti
References
- ↑ "Web Solutions Inspire Cloud Computing Software | NASA Spinoff". https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2012/it_2.html.
- ↑ "OpenStack Cloud Computing Platform - NASA" (in en-US). https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/openstack-cloud-computing-platform/.
- ↑ "Nebula to Democratize Web-scale Cloud Computing" (in en). 2011-07-27. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110727006429/en/Nebula-to-Democratize-Web-scale-Cloud-Computing.
External links
- Interview with Chris C. Kemp about NASA Nebula on Federal News Radio
- Chris C. Kemp participation in Meritalk/AFFIRM Luncheon CIO/CFO Panel: The New IT Economics May 21, 2009
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