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5 Cost-Efficient, Flexible Open Source Resources for Cloud Computing
OStatic blogs — ... OpenNebula. "OpenNebula is an open source virtual infrastructure engine that enables the dynamic deployment and re-placement of virtual machines on a pool of physical resources," according to project leads. The OpenNebula VM Manager is a core component of Reservoir. "This open-source alternative to commercial tools for VM management provides an efficient, dynamic and scalable management of VMs within datacenters, private clouds, involving a large amount of virtual and physical servers," writes Llorente. "OpenNebula can interface with a ...

5 Cost-Efficient, Flexible Open Source Resources for Cloud Computing [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... OpenNebula. "OpenNebula is an open source virtual infrastructure engine that enables the dynamic deployment and re-placement of virtual machines on a pool of physical resources," according to project leads. The OpenNebula VM Manager is a core component of Reservoir. "This open-source alternative to commercial tools for VM management provides an efficient, dynamic and scalable management of VMs within datacenters, private clouds, involving a large amount of virtual and physical servers," writes Llorente. "OpenNebula can interface ...

Xen packages build-your-own-cloud kit
The Register — ... or OpenNebula cloud managers - and weave them around the Xen cloud stack to orchestrate their clouds. And unlike the ESX Server 4.0 hypervisor from VMware, which is gathering momentum as a cloud platform as service providers transform themselves into cloud suppliers, this Xen cloud stack is not only free, but hackable since it is open source. "Free is not enough for some cloud providers," says Crosby. "Some companies need to be able to hack the software stack." Like, for instance, Amazon with its EC2 compute cloud, which is based on Amazon's own interpretation of the Xen ...