Author: arkurth
Date: Fri Apr 26 17:54:28 2013
New Revision: 1476321
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1476321
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Title: Apache VCL
-VCL is a modular cloud computing platform which dynamically provisions and
-brokers remote access to compute resources including virtual machines,
-bare-metal computers, and resources in other cloud platforms. A self-service
-web portal is used to request resources and for administration.
+VCL stands for Virtual Computing Lab. It is a free & open-source cloud
computing platform with the primary goal of delivering dedicated, custom
compute environments to users.
+
+This compute environments can range from something as simple as a virtual
machine running productivity software to a cluster of powerful physical servers
running complex HPC simulations.
+
+<img src="/img/remote-access.png" width="600" border="0">
+
+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.
+
+The user interface consists of a self-service web portal. Using the portal,
users select from a list of customized environments and make reservations.
+
+<img src="/img/ss-select-environment.png" width="600" border="1">
+
+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. The user then remotely connects to the remote
compute environment using remote desktop, SSH, or any of the other supported
protocols.
VCL became an Apache Software Foundation top level project on June 20, 2012.
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