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Recommended Citation: Murphy, M C and M K McClelland.  Computer Lab to Go: A "Cloud" Computing Implementation.  In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2008, v 25 (Phoenix): §2343. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 7(93). ISSN: 1545-679X.)
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Computer Lab to Go: A "Cloud" Computing Implementation

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Refereed10 pages
Marianne C. Murphy    [a1] [a2]
Computer Information Systems
North Carolina Central University    [u1] [u2]
Durham, North Carolina, USA    [c1] [c2]

Marilyn K. McClelland    [a1] [a2]
Computer Information Systems
North Carolina Central University    [u1] [u2]
Durham, North Carolina, USA    [c1] [c2]

We describe our experience with a pilot deployment of a virtual computer laboratory at a medium sized public university. The virtual computer laboratory pilot is a technology transfer of the virtual computer laboratory developed by North Carolina State University. The technology provides scalable, high performance computing resources requested through an internet browser and accessed through either a remote desktop connection or ssh client. This paper includes a brief review of virtualization, a review of instructional uses of virtualization, a description of “cloud” computing, the North Carolina State University implementation history, our pilot experience and lessons learned.

Keywords: cloud computing, VCL, virtualization, virtual lab, virtual machine

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