The Eucalyptus Open-Source Cloud-Computing System Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:5713164, abstract = {Cloud computing systems fundamentally provide access to large pools of data and computational resources through a variety of interfaces similar in spirit to existing grid and HPC resource management and programming systems. These types of systems offer a new programming target for scalable application developers and have gained popularity over the past few years. However, most cloud computing systems in operation today are proprietary, rely upon infrastructure that is invisible to the research community, or are not explicitly designed to be instrumented and modified by systems researchers. In this work, we present Eucalyptus -- an open-source software framework for cloud computing that implements what is commonly referred to as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS); systems that give users the ability to run and control entire virtual machine instances deployed across a variety physical resources. We outline the basic principles of the Eucalyptus design, detail important operational aspects of the system, and discuss architectural trade-offs that we have made in order to allow Eucalyptus to be portable, modular and simple to use on infrastructure commonly found within academic settings. Finally, we provide evidence that Eucalyptus enables users familiar with existing Grid and HPC systems to explore new cloud computing functionality while maintaining access to existing, familiar application development software and Grid middle-ware.}, address = {Washington, DC, USA}, author = {Nurmi, Daniel and Wolski, Rich and Grzegorczyk, Chris and Obertelli, Graziano and Soman, Sunil and Youseff, Lamia and Zagorodnov, Dmitrii}, booktitle = {2009 9th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGRID)}, citeulike-article-id = {5713164}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1577849.1577895}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CCGRID.2009.93}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CCGRID.2009.93}, doi = {10.1109/CCGRID.2009.93}, isbn = {978-1-4244-3935-5}, journal = {Cluster Computing and the Grid, IEEE International Symposium on}, keywords = {2009, cloud, computing, engine, infrastructure, virtual}, location = {Shanghai, China}, month = {May}, pages = {124--131}, posted-at = {2009-10-13 00:16:48}, priority = {2}, publisher = {IEEE}, title = {The {Eucalyptus} Open-Source Cloud-Computing System}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CCGRID.2009.93}, volume = {0}, year = {2009} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:5713164 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5713164 N2 - Cloud computing systems fundamentally provide access to large pools of data and computational resources through a variety of interfaces similar in spirit to existing grid and HPC resource management and programming systems. These types of systems offer a new programming target for scalable application developers and have gained popularity over the past few years. However, most cloud computing systems in operation today are proprietary, rely upon infrastructure that is invisible to the research community, or are not explicitly designed to be instrumented and modified by systems researchers. In this work, we present Eucalyptus -- an open-source software framework for cloud computing that implements what is commonly referred to as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS); systems that give users the ability to run and control entire virtual machine instances deployed across a variety physical resources. We outline the basic principles of the Eucalyptus design, detail important operational aspects of the system, and discuss architectural trade-offs that we have made in order to allow Eucalyptus to be portable, modular and simple to use on infrastructure commonly found within academic settings. Finally, we provide evidence that Eucalyptus enables users familiar with existing Grid and HPC systems to explore new cloud computing functionality while maintaining access to existing, familiar application development software and Grid middle-ware. CY - Shanghai, China JF - Cluster Computing and the Grid, IEEE International Symposium on SN - 978-1-4244-3935-5 AD - Washington, DC, USA EP - 131 TI - The {Eucalyptus} Open-Source Cloud-Computing System PB - IEEE VL - 0 T2 - 2009 9th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGRID) SP - 124 KW - 2009 KW - cloud KW - computing KW - engine KW - infrastructure KW - virtual AU - Nurmi, Daniel AU - Wolski, Rich AU - Grzegorczyk, Chris AU - Obertelli, Graziano AU - Soman, Sunil AU - Youseff, Lamia AU - Zagorodnov, Dmitrii PY - 2009/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CCGRID.2009.93 ER -