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dc.contributor.authorKirby, Graham
dc.contributor.authorDearle, Alan
dc.contributor.authorMacdonald, Angus
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Alvaro
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-07T11:45:07Z
dc.date.available2011-01-07T11:45:07Z
dc.date.issued2010-02-25
dc.identifier.citationKirby , G , Dearle , A , Macdonald , A & Fernandes , A 2010 , An approach to ad hoc cloud computing . University of St Andrews .en
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 5006714
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: bc01057f-519b-4958-bf72-658cd27fe91d
dc.identifier.otherArXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/1002.4738v1
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-4422-0190/work/28429098
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/1666
dc.description.abstractWe consider how underused computing resources within an enterprise may be harnessed to improve utilization and create an elastic computing infrastructure. Most current cloud provision involves a data center model, in which clusters of machines are dedicated to running cloud infrastructure software. We propose an additional model, the ad hoc cloud, in which infrastructure software is distributed over resources harvested from machines already in existence within an enterprise. In contrast to the data center cloud model, resource levels are not established a priori, nor are resources dedicated exclusively to the cloud while in use. A participating machine is not dedicated to the cloud, but has some other primary purpose such as running interactive processes for a particular user. We outline the major implementation challenges and one approach to tackling them.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrews
dc.subjectcs.DCen
dc.subjectDistributed, parallel, and cluster computingen
dc.subjectQA75 Electronic computers. Computer scienceen
dc.subject.lccQA75en
dc.titleAn approach to ad hoc cloud computingen
dc.typeReporten
dc.description.versionPreprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Computer Scienceen
dc.identifier.urlhttp://arxiv.org/abs/1002.4738en


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