Lxcloud: a prototype for an internal cloud in HEP. Experiences and lessons learned
Sebastien Goasguen, Belmiro Moreira, Ewan Roche, U. Schwickerath · Journal of Physics Conference Series · 2012
Born out of the desire to virtualize our batch compute farm CERN has developed an internal cloud known as lxcloud. Since December 2010 it has been used to run a small but sufficient part of our batch workload thus allowing operational and development experience to be gained. Recently, this service has evolved to a public cloud allowing selected physics users an alternate way of accessing resources.