Provider-Independent Use of the Cloud

Abstract. Utility computing offers researchers and businesses the potential of significant cost-savings in that it is possible for them to match the cost of their computing and storage to their demand for such resources. A utility compute provider enables the purchase of compute infrastructures on-demand; when a user requires computing resources a provider will provision a resource for them and charge them only for their period of use of that resource. There has been a significant growth in the number of cloud computing resource providers and each has a different resource usage model, application process and application programming interface (API)—developing generic multi-resource provider applications difficult and time consuming. We have developed an abstraction layer that provides a single resource usage model, user authentication model and API for compute providers that enables cloud-provider neutral applications to be developed. In this paper we outline the issues in using e...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: EUROPAR
• Authors: Terence J. Harmer, Peter Wright, Christina Cunningham, Ronald H. Perrott
• Keywords: Compute Providers, Distributed And Parallel Computing, EUROPAR 2009, Resource Providers, Resource Usage Model