Summary
Openstack for Courses
Openstack for Research
SCS OpenStack is an open-source cloud-computing software platform used by the School to support courses and research.
The School of Computer Science was the first group on campus to deploy Open Stack.
Summary
Open Stack Compute resources available to SCS course students (Nov. 2021):
vCPU’s
TB of RAM
TB of local disk space
Listing of server resources (as of Oct. 2018) that can be used for SCS courses support:
- 1,584 VCPU’s
- 11 TB of RAM
- 163TB of local disk space
- 24TB of server disk space
GPU Resources available for SCS courses (Nov. 2021):
GPU’s
CUDA Cores
GB of Memory
SCS Open Stack for Courses
Advantages of Open Stack:
- can replace a local Virtualbox image; students do not need any large local images. Open Stack images live in ‘the cloud’ and require no set up for students.
- virtual images can be custom made for every course; we have many custom VM’s generated already
- students can launch course virtual machines via a web browser, manage their own instance, even have root privileges
- we have full remote desktop capabilities for common Linux distributions
- TA’s can log into student-course-VM’s to mark assignments
- VM’s can be accessed from anywhere on the internet
Disadvantages of Open Stack
- we do not have Windows O/S licenses
User Documenation
SCS Open Stack for Research
Gone are the days of hosting your own lab server! Add it to Open Stack and let the department manage the hardware and take full advantage of the existing Open Stack set up. You have full control of your servers via a web interface.
Research Benefits:
- let the school manage the hardware, you worry about providing the services you require
- 10G networking
- UPS/backup power
- manage your servers virtually via the Open Stack web interface
Contact the SCS Tech Staff if you like to host your Research groups hardware on Open Stack.