Authors:
Theo Lynn
;
Graham Hunt
;
David Corcoran
;
John Morrison
and
Philip Healy
Affiliation:
Irish Centre for Cloud Computing, Ireland
Keyword(s):
Cloud Computing, Open Source, IaaS, Openstack, Cloudstack, Opennebula, Eucalyptus.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Cloud Computing
;
Cloud Deployment Models: Public/Private/Hybrid Cloud
;
Cloud Education
;
Cloud Standards
;
Fundamentals
Abstract:
With the growth of cloud computing in recent years, several commercial and open source IaaS frameworks
have emerged. The development of open source IaaS solutions offers a free and flexible alternative to
commercial cloud services. The main contribution of this paper is to provide a qualitative comparative of
current open-source IaaS frameworks. Existing research papers examining open source IaaS frameworks
have focused on comparing OpenStack with a small number of alternatives. However, current research fails
to adequately compare all major open source frameworks in a single study and notably lacks the inclusion of
CloudStack. Our research paper provides the first overview of the five main open source cloud IaaS
frameworks – OpenStack, CloudStack, OpenNebula, Eucalyptus and Nimbus. As such, this review provides
researchers and potential users with an up to date and comprehensive overview of the features of each
solution and allows for an easy comparison between the open source solut
ions.
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