1. Yes, it is, for certain definitions of "cloud." What is it you mean? You can't run AWS locally, but you can run some brands of "private cloud."

2. Yes, it is.

On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 5:09 AM, profox profox@gatwicksoftware.com wrote:

Hi gang. Is it possible to run cloud on a local server? Or is it just a web service? Al

Allen Pollard GSL

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On Apr 3, 2016, at 4:09 AM, profox profox@gatwicksoftware.com wrote:

Is it possible to run cloud on a local server? Or is it just a web service?

My job is writing cloud software; specifically, the 'Nova' compute portion of OpenStack. Yes, you can run cloud, including OpenStack, locally, as I do it all the time to test things. In fact, I have a compute node in an IBM private cloud on which I run an OpenStack deployment. So it's a cloud running on a node in another cloud. Inception, huh? BTW, anyone can deploy an OpenStack cloud by running Devstack: http://docs.openstack.org/developer/devstack/ . Bear in mind that this is for development purposes only; don't try to run your business on devstack!

Virtualization is just one part of the cloud. The others are on-demand resources, such as compute, network, and storage, as well as the ability to simply pay for what you use. Need to crunch some data? Fire up several compute nodes with the requisite software, run the analysis, then delete those nodes.

So perhaps if you explain a little more about what part of the cloud you need, I can give you a more targeted answer.

-- Ed Leafe

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