XSEDE Capability Delivery Plan for "IAAS-2: Self-service acquire and use a virtual computer system" | Research Software Portal

XSEDE Capability Delivery Plan for "IAAS-2: Self-service acquire and use a virtual computer system"

Use Case IAAS-02: Self-service acquire and use a virtual computer system

Area: Scientific Computing
URLs: Public, Review

Executive Summary: A researcher needs exclusive access to a hosted virtual computer system that satisfies a specific set of requirements.

Organization: 
XSEDE
First CDP: 2018-08-24
Current CDP: 2018-08-24
Current Implementation Status: 
Time & Effort Summary: 

No effort or changes are proposed at this time. This use case is fully supported by each XSEDE Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) resource provider.

This capability is currently supported by the following 1 components:
Component User facing? Component’s role in the capability
Service Provider IaaS (Cloud) Services yes Each Service Provider that offers IaaS resources provides a user interface for requesting provisioning of a Virtual Machine (VM) or a Virtual Cluster (VC). In some cases, the mechanism is fully automated, while in others, the Service Provider's staff members implement requests as they are received.