OpenNebula
Encyclopedia
OpenNebula is an open-source cloud computing
toolkit for managing heterogeneous distributed data center
infrastructures. The OpenNebula toolkit manages a data center's virtual infrastructure to build private, public and hybrid IaaS
(Infrastructure as a Service) clouds. OpenNebula orchestrates storage, network, virtualization, monitoring, and security technologies to deploy multi-tier services (e.g. compute clusters) as virtual machines on distributed infrastructures, combining both data center resources and remote cloud resources, according to allocation policies. According to the European Commission's report about the future of cloud computing from a group of experts "... only few cloud dedicated research projects in the widest sense have been initiated – most prominent amongst them probably OpenNebula ...".
The toolkit includes features for integration, management, scalability, security and accounting. It also emphasizes standardization
, interoperability
and portability
, providing cloud users and administrators with a choice of several cloud interfaces (EC2 Query, OGF OCCI
and vCloud
) and hypervisors (Xen
, KVM
and VMware
), and a flexible architecture that can accommodate multiple hardware and software combinations in a data center
.
OpenNebula was a mentoring organization in Google Summer of Code
2010.
OpenNebula is sponsored by C12G
.
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 ....
toolkit for managing heterogeneous distributed data center
Data center
A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems...
infrastructures. The OpenNebula toolkit manages a data center's virtual infrastructure to build private, public and hybrid IaaS
IAAS
IAAS can refer to the following:*Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors, British professional body renamed 1993 as the Association of Building Engineers* Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, institute of Tribhuvan University, Nepal...
(Infrastructure as a Service) clouds. OpenNebula orchestrates storage, network, virtualization, monitoring, and security technologies to deploy multi-tier services (e.g. compute clusters) as virtual machines on distributed infrastructures, combining both data center resources and remote cloud resources, according to allocation policies. According to the European Commission's report about the future of cloud computing from a group of experts "... only few cloud dedicated research projects in the widest sense have been initiated – most prominent amongst them probably OpenNebula ...".
The toolkit includes features for integration, management, scalability, security and accounting. It also emphasizes standardization
Standardization
Standardization is the process of developing and implementing technical standards.The goals of standardization can be to help with independence of single suppliers , compatibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability, or quality....
, interoperability
Interoperability
Interoperability is a property referring to the ability of diverse systems and organizations to work together . The term is often used in a technical systems engineering sense, or alternatively in a broad sense, taking into account social, political, and organizational factors that impact system to...
and portability
Portability
Portability may refer to:*Portability , the portability of social security benefits*Software portability, the portability of a piece of software to multiple platforms...
, providing cloud users and administrators with a choice of several cloud interfaces (EC2 Query, OGF OCCI
Open Cloud Computing Interface
The Open Cloud Computing Interface comprises a set of open community-lead specifications delivered through the Open Grid Forum, which define how infrastructure service providers can deliver their compute, data, and network resource offerings through a standardized interface. OCCI has a set of...
and vCloud
VCloud
vCloud is a cloud computing initiative from VMware which will allow customers to migrate work on demandfrom their "internal cloud" of cooperating VMware hypervisors to a remote cloud of VMware hypervisors...
) and hypervisors (Xen
Xen
Xen is a virtual-machine monitor providing services that allow multiple computer operating systems to execute on the same computer hardware concurrently....
, KVM
Kernel-based Virtual Machine
Kernel-based Virtual Machine is a virtualization infrastructure for the Linux kernel. KVM supports native virtualization on processors with hardware virtualization extensions....
and VMware
VMware
VMware, Inc. is a company providing virtualization software founded in 1998 and based in Palo Alto, California, USA. The company was acquired by EMC Corporation in 2004, and operates as a separate software subsidiary ....
), and a flexible architecture that can accommodate multiple hardware and software combinations in a data center
Data center
A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems...
.
OpenNebula was a mentoring organization in Google Summer of Code
Google Summer of Code
The Google Summer of Code is an annual program, first held from May to August 2005, in which Google awards stipends to hundreds of students who successfully complete a requested free or open-source software coding project during the summer...
2010.
OpenNebula is sponsored by C12G
C12G
C12G Labs is an enterprise software company which provides OpenNebula-based software and services. It manages and contributes to the OpenNebula open-source project, and provides an OpenNebula toolkit distribution for the enterprise called OpenNebulaPro. C12G was founded in April 2010 and is a...
.
Use
OpenNebula is used by a variety of organizations, including hosting providers, telecom operators, IT services providers, supercomputing centers, research labs, and international research projects .See also
- Amazon EC2
- Cloud computingCloud computingCloud 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 ....
- Cloud computing comparisonCloud computing comparison-General information:-Supported Hosts:-Features:...
- Cloud infrastructure
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- NimbusNimbus (cloud computing)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....
- OpenStackOpenStackOpenStack 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...
External links
- OpenNebula Website
- OpenNebula Blog
- OpenNebula Development Portal
- OpenNebula Ecosystem
- OpenNebula Contributors
- Peter Sempolinski and Douglas Thain, A Comparison and Critique of Eucalyptus, OpenNebula and Nimbus, IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science, November, 2010.