It's finally here -- the final release of Nimbus Infrastructure 2.9!

The major additions in this release are support for Availability Zones, configurable EC2 multi-core instances, more robust support for LANTorrent and new administration tools which allow administrators to easily control VMs running on their cloud. The administrators can also choose to give more information to the user, e.g., allow them to inspect on what physical machines a their virtual machines are running.

In addition, the release also includes bugfixes and additions to documentation. Check out the changelog for full details.

As always, we want to express our gratitude to our open source community for their contributions to this release. We would like to particularly acknowledge the work of Rob Rusnak who contributed the administrative tools as part of the Google Summer of Code project and Shao, Hsin (Jeff) who helped with LANTorrent testing. The features in this release were supported by the GSoC, OOI, and FutureGrid projects.

The Nimbus Infrastructure 2.9 release is available for download at: http://www.nimbusproject.org/downloads/

Documentation is available at: http://www.nimbusproject.org/docs/2.9/

Happy New Year: Nimbus Infrastructure 2.9 RC2 is ready to come out!

The major additions in this release are support for availability zones, configurable EC2 multi-core instances, and new administrative tools which allows administrators to easily control VMs running on their cloud. The administrators can also choose to give more information to the user, e.g., allow them to inspect on what physical machines a their virtual machines are running.

In addition, the release also includes bugfixes and additions to documentation. Check out the changelog for full details.

Much of the effort for this release came from our open source community. We would like to particularly acknowledge the contributions of Rob Rusnak who contributed the administrative tools as part of the Google Summer of Code project. The features in this release were supported by the GSoC, OOI, and FutureGrid projects.

The Nimbus 2.9 RC2 is available for download at: http://www.nimbusproject.org/downloads/

Documentation (still in progress) is available at: http://www.nimbusproject.org/docs/2.9/

We appreciate help from all who are willing to test this release. To help provide an easy vehicle for feedback and resolve issues quickly we offer real-time access to a Nimbus RC chatroom for serious alpha testers. If you would like to participate, please contact us for access.