VirtualLab | Devpost

Cloud computing is a recently evolved computing terminology or metaphor based on utility and consumption of computing resources. Cloud computing involves deploying groups of remote servers and software networks that allow centralized data storage and online access to computer services or resources. Clouds can be classified as public, private or hybrid. Cloud computing exhibits the following key characteristics: • Agility • Application Program Interface • Cost • Device and location Independence • Multitenancy • Performance • Productivity • Reliability • Scalability and elasticity In the most basic cloud-service model & according to the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), providers of IaaS offer computers – physical or (more often) virtual machines – and other resources. IaaS clouds often offer additional resources such as a virtual-machine disk image library, raw block storage, and file or object storage, firewalls, load balancers, IP addresses, virtual local area networks (VLANs), and software bundles. IaaS-cloud providers supply these resources on-demand from their large pools installed in data centres. For wide-area connectivity, customers can use either the Internet or carrier clouds (dedicated virtual private networks). To deploy their applications, cloud users install operating-system images and their application software on the cloud infrastructure. In this model, the cloud user patches and maintains the operating systems and the application software. Cloud providers typically bill IaaS services on a utility computing basis: cost reflects the amount of resources allocated and consumed. IDEA: Development of a simulator includes more cost and time. The idea we proposed using IaaS is that we could actual hardware on one side to give out simulation results. This reduces the expenditure by 20-30%, reliable, accessible for all, actual hardware not required.

Motivation: To reduce the dependency on costly hardware. To run code and test cases in virtual hardware environment at low cost.