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Technology Group Promises Scientists Their Own Clouds

Posted by samzenpus on from the back-off-man-I'm-a-scientist dept.

jyosim writes On Tuesday, Internet2 announced that it will let researchers create and connect to their own private data clouds on the high-speed network (mainly used by colleges), within which they will be able to conduct research across disciplines and experiment on the nature of the Internet. The private cloud is thanks to a $10-million grant from the NSF. "They will have complete visibility into [the clouds] so they can really treat this as a scientific instrument and not a black box," the project's lead investigator told The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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  1. Contradiction by Livius · · Score: 2

    "[P]rivate data clouds" is a contradiction in terms.

    1. Re:Contradiction by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 2

      So is "complete visibility into [the clouds] ... not a black box"

    2. Re:Contradiction by pushing-robot · · Score: 5, Funny

      Your naughty bits are owned and managed by others? You're married?

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    3. Re:Contradiction by WarJolt · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Not really. UCSB has eucalyptus running a small "cloud". That's essentially a scaled down version of AWS. HTCondor can be considered a cloud since it scales and processes can run anywhere in their network.

      Of course /. has no shortage of posts about the ambiguity of the word cloud, but I prefer thd looser definition. Universities have been distributing computation for a while now on what could be described as a cloud.

  2. Every time I hear the word "cloud" my brain hurts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Stop calling servers "the cloud". Stop it stop it stop it.

  3. The actual Press Release by TubeSteak · · Score: 2

    Internet2 Announces First Full-Production Virtual Internet Network Architecture
    http://www.internet2.edu/news/detail/7257/

    It gives me a better sense of what they're doing, but I'd still be happy to have someone dumb this down into an automotive analogy.

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    1. Re:The actual Press Release by ShaunC · · Score: 4, Insightful

      The private racetrack that you don't have access to just built a new community garage.

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  4. Re:Every time I hear the word "cloud" my brain hur by plover · · Score: 4, Funny

    To be fair, there is room for distinctions inside the cloud metaphor. Regular cloud services will now be called the "cumulus" cloud, and the Internet2 service is the "cirrostratus" cloud, because it has faster winds.

    So you're saying that cloud metaphors blow? I concur.

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