Nebula (computing platform)
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Nebula is a federal cloud computing platform that originated at NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California.cite-ref-1[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.cite-ref-2[2]cite-ref-3[3]
Contents
• History
• See also
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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
References
cite-note-11. ↑ "Web Solutions Inspire Cloud Computing Software | NASA Spinoff". spinoff.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
cite-note-22. ↑ "OpenStack Cloud Computing Platform - NASA". Retrieved 2024-02-01.
cite-note-33. ↑ "Nebula to Democratize Web-scale Cloud Computing". www.businesswire.com. 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
External links
• Official website
• 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