1. Research in Cloud
Computing
Michael Bluvshteyn
Andrew Weiss
Purdue University

2. Introduction
 About the researchers
 Motivation for this project
 University support

3. A Background in Cloud
Computing
 What is cloud computing?
 Back to the basics
 Service models
 Focus on IaaS
 Deployment models
 Focus on private cloud
 Hardware independence

4. Business Case Scenario
 Mid-size enterprise
 Multiple sites
 IaaS
 IT resources
 People
 Hardware
 Money

5. Research Methodology
Problem at Hand | Questions to Answer
 Is the cloud a viable solution?
 Which virtualization solution is better for the given
scenario?
 What are the scalability concerns
 What are the interoperability concerns?
 What are the manageability requirements?

6. Diving into
OpenStack
Andrew Weiss

7. What is OpenStack?
 Overview
 History
 Partners
 Sponsors
 Components
 Nova
 Glance
 Swift
 Keystone
 Horizon
 Development

8. Key Functionality
 Virtual machine provisioning and image
management
 Hypervisor management
 Network management
 Storage
 Centralized authentication
 LDAP support
 User interface

9. Building an OpenStack Cloud
 Logical platform segmentation
 Cloud controller
 Compute node(s)
 Storage node(s)
 Knowledge requirements
 Hardware/software specifications
 Networking requirements
 Troubleshooting

10. Diving into
VMware
Michael Bluvshteyn

11. An Overview of VMware
 History
 Product focus for this research
 vSphere
 vCenter
 vCloud Director
 ESXi

12. Deployment
 Knowledge requirements
 Hardware/software requirements
 Network requirements
 Installation

13. Key Functionality
 Virtual machine provisioning and management
 Host management
 IaaS support
 vCloud Director

14. Research Results
and Conclusions

15. Primary Focus Areas and Results
 Scalability
 Manageability
 Interoperability
 Is the cloud a viable solution?
 Scenario
 Case study analysis
 Where to from here?

16. Questions?