A Comparative Study of Current Open-source Infrastructure as a Service Frameworks

Theo Lynn, Graham Hunt, David Corcoran, John Morrison, Philip Healy

2015

Abstract

With the growth of cloud computing in recent years, several commercial and open source IaaS frameworks have emerged. The development of open source IaaS solutions offers a free and flexible alternative to commercial cloud services. The main contribution of this paper is to provide a qualitative comparative of current open-source IaaS frameworks. Existing research papers examining open source IaaS frameworks have focused on comparing OpenStack with a small number of alternatives. However, current research fails to adequately compare all major open source frameworks in a single study and notably lacks the inclusion of CloudStack. Our research paper provides the first overview of the five main open source cloud IaaS frameworks – OpenStack, CloudStack, OpenNebula, Eucalyptus and Nimbus. As such, this review provides researchers and potential users with an up to date and comprehensive overview of the features of each solution and allows for an easy comparison between the open source solutions.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lynn T., Hunt G., Corcoran D., Morrison J. and Healy P. (2015). A Comparative Study of Current Open-source Infrastructure as a Service Frameworks . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER, ISBN 978-989-758-104-5, pages 95-104. DOI: 10.5220/0005423300950104

in Bibtex Style

@conference{closer15,
author={Theo Lynn and Graham Hunt and David Corcoran and John Morrison and Philip Healy},
title={A Comparative Study of Current Open-source Infrastructure as a Service Frameworks},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,},
year={2015},
pages={95-104},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005423300950104},
isbn={978-989-758-104-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,
TI - A Comparative Study of Current Open-source Infrastructure as a Service Frameworks
SN - 978-989-758-104-5
AU - Lynn T.
AU - Hunt G.
AU - Corcoran D.
AU - Morrison J.
AU - Healy P.
PY - 2015
SP - 95
EP - 104
DO - 10.5220/0005423300950104