Author: buildbot
Date: Tue Apr 16 18:55:57 2013
New Revision: 858733
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<h1 class="title">What is VCL?</h1>
- <p>The Apache VCL project.</p>
-<p>VCL, Virtual Computing Lab. Apache VCL is the first open-source private
cloud. </p>
-<p>The Apache VCL is a self-service system used to dynamically provision and
broker remote access to a dedicated compute environment for an end-user. The
provisioned computers are typically housed in a data center and may be physical
blade servers, traditional rack mounted servers, or virtual machines. VCL can
also broker access to standalone machines such as a lab computers on a
university campus.</p>
-<p>One of the primary goals of VCL is to deliver a dedicated compute
environment to a user for a limited time through a web interface. This compute
environment can range from something as simple as a virtual machine running
productivity software to a machine room blade running high end software (i.e. a
CAD, GIS,statistical package or an Enterprise level application) to a cluster
of interconnected physical (bare metal) compute nodes.</p>
-<p>Using the scheduling API it can be used to automate the provisioning of
servers in a server farm or HPC cluster.</p>
+ <p>VCL stands for <em>V</em>irtual <em>C</em>omputing <em>L</em>ab. It is
a free & open-source cloud computing platform with the primary goal of
delivering dedicated, custom compute environments to users.</p>
+<p>This compute environments can range from something as simple as a virtual
machine running productivity software to a cluster of physical servers running
HPC simulations. </p>
+<p>The user interface consists of a self-service web portal. Using the
portal, users choose which customized environment they want to use and make
reservations.</p>
+<p>Behind the scenes, the scheduling components built into the web portal
determine which compute resources to assign to the reservations. The requested
environment is then dynamically provisioned, secured, and configured to allow
remote access by the user.</p>
+<p>VCL supports provisioning several different types of compute resources
including physical bare-metal machines, virtual machines hosted on several
different hypervisors, and traditional computing lab computers you would
normally find on a university campus.</p>
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