Nebula (computing platform)

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NASA Nebula
Developer(s)NASA
Operating systemAny (web-based application)
TypeWeb development
Websitenebula.nasa.gov
Nebula Team 2010

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[edit]

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.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Web Solutions Inspire Cloud Computing Software | NASA Spinoff". spinoff.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  2. ^ "OpenStack Cloud Computing Platform - NASA". Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  3. ^ "Nebula to Democratize Web-scale Cloud Computing". www.businesswire.com. 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

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