Cloud Computing
a conversation
David Noble
www.dnoble.org May 31, 2009
@davenoble on twitter Barcamp San Diego

What it's not
“apps on the internet”
ASP redux (app server provider)
panacea (fire the IT staff!)

What it is
Provisioning
doesn't that sound boring?
Virtualization
just like mainframes!
Images
remember 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