Nebula (computing platform)
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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
.
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
.
Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
pilot under development at NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Ames Research Center
The Ames Research Center , is one of the United States of America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration 10 major field centers.The centre is located in Moffett Field in California's Silicon Valley, near the high-tech companies, entrepreneurial ventures, universities, and other...
in Silicon Valley, California.
The project began in 2008 under the direction of Chris C. Kemp
Chris C. Kemp
Chris C. Kemp was NASA’s first Chief Technology Officer for IT. Before being appointed CTO for IT in March 2010, he served as Chief Information Officer and Director of Strategic Business Development at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA...
.
The Ames Internet Exchange, which hosts the Nebula Cloud, was formerly MAE-West
MAE-West
MAE-West is a major Internet exchange point located on the west coast of the U.S. in San Jose, California and Los Angeles, California. Its name officially stands for "Metropolitan Area Exchange, West", although some note the similarity to the name of the actress Mae West...
, one of the original nodes of the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, 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
Internet2
Internet2 is an advanced not-for-profit US networking consortium led by members from the research and education communities, industry, and government....
, with 10GigE connections.
Nebula is an open-source project and uses a variety of open-source components, including OpenStack
OpenStack
OpenStack is an IaaS cloud computing project by Rackspace Cloud and NASA. Currently more than 120 companies have joined the project among which are Citrix Systems, Dell, AMD, Intel, Canonical, SUSE Linux, HP, and Cisco...
, Lustre
Lustre (file system)
Lustre is a massively parallel distributed file system, generally used for large scale cluster computing. The name Lustre is a portmanteau word derived from Linux and cluster...
and RabbitMQ
RabbitMQ
RabbitMQ is an open source message broker software , using the standard Advanced Message Queuing Protocol . The RabbitMQ server is written in Erlang and is built on the Open Telecom Platform framework for clustering and failover. Rabbit Technologies Ltd., acquired in April 2010 by VMware, develops...
.