Cloud Computing

Project Details:

I designed and configured a computing cloud while in graduate school in order to facilitate faster compuation of numerical simulations. I used InfiniBand technology to network the computers and achieve extremely fast communication. This was a rather challenging task due to the lack of documentation and support. I also setup networking through iptables. I loaded the computers with Ubuntu 10.04 and built and configured OpenStack. I read all of the documentation for OpenStack and learned all about the operation of its various components. To provide fast and reliable storage, I configured a RAID 01 array with 8 hard drives. I used KVM to provide virtual instances with configurable resources for users. This system was accessed by approximately 15 users.

Some of the tasks involved:

• Infiniband networking
• OpenStack cloud computing
• Deployment of Ubuntu servers
• Building and installing software on Linux
• Configuring server systems
• Setting up web services (Apache)
• Creating startup scripts (Bash)
• Documenting configuration procedure
• Configurting RAID
• Negotiating and purchasing components
• Setting up virtualization

additional information:

• Categories : Programming
• Location : Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
• Date : 2011