VICCI: A Programmable Cloud-Computing Research Testbed

Abstract:

VICCI is a cloud-computing research testbed for developing
next-generation Internet services. VICCI encompasses a distributed set
of virtualized compute clusters and networking hardware, as well as
the software that enables multiple researchers to innovate both at and
above the infrastructure layer. VICCI is designed to support research
into the design, provisioning, and management of a global,
multi-datacenter infrastructure---the cloud---and also into the design
and deployment of large-scale distributed services that use such an
environment. VICCI is a distributed instrument, with a
point-of-presence at Princeton, Georgia Tech, Stanford, and the
University of Washington, along with international clusters in Europe
and Japan.