Combining Grid and Cloud Technologies

StratusLab is developing a complete, open-source cloud distribution that allows grid and non-grid resource centers to offer and to exploit an “Infrastructure as a Service” cloud. It is particularly focused on enhancing distributed computing infrastructures such as the European Grid Infrastructure (EGI).

The project uses agile methodologies to rapidly evolve the distribution to meet cloud user and administrator demands. It operates a reference infrastructure to get feedback from users and to validate the distribution.

The project lowers entry barriers by providing “stock” machine images, customization tools, and a “Marketplace” for sharing them. Complete service management with auto-scaling, handling peak demands with hybrid clouds, and other advanced features will appear in later releases.

See the description of the current release to understand the available features and the roadmap to see what is planned. Please comment on the roadmap so that we can adjust our priorities.

Latest News

StratusLab at the EGI Community Forum 2012
StratusLab version 1.4 released: with important fixes for persistent disk support as well as new features such as the TCloud API and support for additional Operating Systems.
StratusLab version 1.3 released: This new version integrates OpenNebula 3.0, as well as a number of other enhancements
SIENA Cloudscape IV: The StratusLab project will have a strong presence at the upcoming SIENA Cloudscape IV
StratusLab version 1.2 released: with new features such as caching, improved persisitent storage support and more!
StratusLab Cloud Training: two-day training session 17th - 18th November in Orsay, France
StratusLab signs Memorandum of Understanding with IGE
Success at the EGI Technical Forum 2011: Virtualisation and Agile sessions, a packed StratusLab tutorial and runner up best poster prize!
StratusLab signs Memorandum of Understanding with VENUS-C
SlipStream integrates support for StratusLab: software and system testing on a StratusLab cloud…
StratusLab version 1.0 released: the first production-ready release of the StratusLab distribution is available!
StratusLab version 0.4 released: new feature-complete release available now
Successful week at the EGI User Forum 2011: StratusLab's talks and tutorials were well received and our booth won the best exhibition award!
StratusLab at the EGI User Forum 2011: There will be a booth and tutorial along with presentations.
StratusLab version 0.3 released: this version includes security enhancements, Grid images, OpenNebula 2.2 and a prototype of the StratusLab Marketplace

Presentations & Events

StratusLab Booth at the EGI Community Forum, 26 - 30 March 2012 (Agile Development, Cloud Applications, IaaS Cloud Distribution, Trusted Appliances)
StratusLab: Use cases, features and sustainability at the EGI Community Forum, Munich, Germany, 29 March 2012
StratusLab Training at the EGI Community Forum, Munich, Germany, 29 March 2012
Supporting grid-enabled GPU workloads using rCUDA and StratusLab at the EGI Community Forum, Munich, Germany, 28 March 2012
Operating a Public Cloud with StratusLab at the EGI Community Forum, Munich, Germany, 28 March 2012
Cloud, Ready for Bioinformatics? at the EGI Community Forum, Munich, Germany, 28 March 2012
StratusLab project status, presentation at round-table session at CloudScape IV, Brussels, Belgium & 2012-02-23
Open-source and Standards - Unleashing the Potential for Innovation of Cloud Computing at CloudScape IV, Brussels, Belgium, February 2012.
The OpenNebula Project, FOSDEM, Brussels, Belgium, 4 February 2012.
“SlipStream - Automated provisioning and continuous deployment in the cloud” (Presentation), CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, 1 February 2012.
“Grid and Cloud e-Infrastructures” at meeting with Intel Academic Research Programme representatives, Dublin, Ireland, 30 January 2012
“What can grid and cloud computing do for you?” Seminar in School of Computer Science and Statistics, TCD, Dublin, Ireland, 27 January 2012
Benefits of cloud for Bioinformatics - a user perspective, eScience 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden, 7 December 2011.
Experience from the provision of IaaS cloud services using the StratusLab distribution, eScience 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden, 7 December 2011.
“Virtualisation de serveurs à l'aide d'un logiciel de cloud” (Video, Article, Presentation) (G. Philippon) at JRES 2011 in Toulouse, France, 23 November 2011.
StratusLab Tutorial in Orsay, France, 17-18 November 2011.
StratusLab Tutorial at the ACGRID3 school in Hanoi, Vietnam, 1-3 November 2011.

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