Cloud Computing Infrastructure

Recent MSc Computing (Internet Technology and Security) dissertation work within the School of Science and Technology, University of Northampton, UK by  Hang Xu.

Abstract

Cloud Computing (the Cloud) is getting hot in recent years as well as the Cloud Computing Infrastructures which can be used to the deployment of the Cloud infrastructure for enterprises, communities, or individuals. OpenStack is one of the major cloud computing infrastructure and services providers which have been developed by NASA and Rackspace. Another term, Energy-Efficiency is being considered as a more and more important cloud due to the effect that the IT technologies have made to the environment. Servers, cooling systems and so on are generating a great number of CO₂ emissions to the global. Therefore, the research and technology on approaches about reducing the CO₂ emissions is getting more and more important to the entire IT industry. In this paper, the relationship between the Cloud and Energy-Efficiency will be discussed along with the achievement that has been made to reduce CO₂ emissions in recent years. Then, models for deploying OpenStack will be created and the OpenStack cloud computing platform will be implemented to the models. In the end, the author is going to discuss the achievement of this paper.

Supervisor: Dr James Xue

Computing Courses

BSc and HND Computing Provision (click on the links below for more details of the courses)

• BEng/MEng Computing (Computer Networks Engineering)
• BEng/MEng Computing (Computer Systems Engineering) 

• BSc (Hons) Computing (also available part-time)
• BSc (Hons) Computing (Graphics and Visualisation)
• BSc (Hons) Computing (Internet Technology and Security)
• BSc (Hons) Computing (Mobile Computing)
• BSc (Hons) Computing (Software Engineering)
• BSc (Hons) Computing - One Year Top-Up 
• BSc  Computer Games Development
• HND Computing (Compute​r Net​works Engineering)
• HND Computing (Computer Systems Engineering)
• HND Computing (Graphics and Visualisation)
• HND Computing (Internet Tech​nolog​y and Security)
• HND Computing (Mobile Computing)
• HND Computing (Software Engine​ering) 
• HND Com​puting

The University of Northampton's, Department of Computing and Immersive Technologies offers five courses within the MSc Computing postgraduate provision (shown below) all available either part-time or full-time. 

• MSc Computing
• MSc Computing (Internet Technology and Security)
• MSc Computing (Computer Networks Engineering)
• MSc Computing (Software Engineering)
• MSc Computing (Immersive Technologies)

The contents are the opinion of the author(s) and not necessarily the view of the University of Northampton.