Cloud Computing
Technologies and Strategies
of the Ubiquitous Data Center
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Cloud Computing
Technologies and Strategies
of the Ubiquitous Data Center
Brian J.S. Chee and Curtis Franklin, Jr.
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Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
About the Authors xvii
Chapter 1 What Is a Cloud? 1
In This Chapter 1
In the Beginning 2
Computer Services Become Abstract 4
The ISO-OSI Model: Seven Layers of Abstraction 5
ODBC: The Abstract Database 7
OpenGL: Abstract Images 7
Demand Abstraction 10
What Can You Do with a Cloud? 12
Beowulf 13
Grid Computing 14
Virtualization 15
What Would You Like in Your Cloud? 16
The Anytime, Anyplace Cloud 18
Clouds Flight Path for Chapter 1 19
Chapter 2 Grids, HPCs, and Clouds 21
In This Chapter 21
Scientific Computing and Its Contribution to Clouds 22
Defining Terms: Grids and HPCs 22
Software for Grids and HPCs 24
