Cloud Computing - a conversation

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Slides from my presentation / discussion at Barcamp San Diego. Doesn't capture the conversation itself, much of which was focused on security. Someone in the group had implemented a HIPAA-compliant app on EC2, which was a great counterpoint to the concerns being expressed.

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a conversation

Cloud Computing

David Noblewww.dnoble.org@davenoble on twitter

May 31, 2009Barcamp San Diego

What it's not

“apps on the internet”

ASP redux (app server provider)

panacea (fire the IT staff!)

What it is

Provisioningdoesn't that sound boring?

Virtualizationjust like mainframes!

Imagesremember ghost?

Wrinkles- ephemeral nature IP addresses, storage

- bit rot

- configuration chef, puppet, pool party

- allocation InsufficientInstanceCapacity

- security

- SMTP

Buzzwords

Software as a Service

Platform as a Service

Infrastructure as a Service

Interesting Uses

testbeds

crunching numbers

disposable desktop

scalable web apps

Cool Developments

auto-scaling

cluster configuration

on-premise (Eucalyptus, JBoss Cloud)

Cloud image: http://www.stockvault.net/Sky_Clouds_g12-Point_Break_p5034.html