Nebula (computing platform) explained

NASA Nebula
Developer:	NASA
Operating System:	Any (web-based application)
Genre:	Web development

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

• Eucalyptus (computing)
• Ganeti

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Web Solutions Inspire Cloud Computing Software NASA Spinoff . 2024-02-01 . spinoff.nasa.gov.
2. Web site: OpenStack Cloud Computing Platform - NASA . 2024-02-01 . en-US.
3. Web site: 2011-07-27 . Nebula to Democratize Web-scale Cloud Computing . 2024-02-01 . www.businesswire.com . en.