• NiftyName
• What, in one sentence
• What, the trilogy
• Why?
• For whom?
• Who did it?
• Do you provide a live test of this project ?
• Can I help?

NiftyName¶

What, in one sentence¶

NiftyName project is more than a nifty name, it's "one of the first Open Source solution to do HaaS" (Hardware as a Service).

What, the trilogy¶

NiftyName is the mix of 3 strongly linked projects, developped by ielo. From a usability point of view (as in the above schema) :

1. Zinn-Clients (stands for Zinn-Clients is a Nifty Name for Clients) aka the applications to access Zinn services.
2. Zinn (stands for Zinn is a Nifty Name) aka the multiple client/users and multiple Sinn(s) manager.
3. Sinn (stands for Sinn is a Nifty Name) aka the core geographical site/datacenter manager.

Why?¶

NiftyName exists because ielo searched a long time for a datacenter management solution.
Amazon EC2/S3 solutions (and others) didn't fit for many reasons :

1. Closed/proprietary solution.
2. No way to create your own EC2/S3 in your datacenter(s).
3. Confidentiality risks.
4. ...

So, NiftyName is born.

NiftyName is a strong and open basis to "do your own Cloud Computing"
Why? Because Cloud Computing is, in this order:

1. HaaS: NiftyName fits well here ;-)
2. SaaS: your applications fits well here ;-)

For whom?¶

In few words, "NiftyName is production grade virtual hardware management solution"

For people who want:

• Complete control over hardware on one/many datacenter(s),
• Flexible/elastic hardware resources thanks to virtualisation paradigm,
• Geographicaly redundant architectures,
• Powerful disaster recovery,
• Confidentiality,
• Energy efficience.

Who did it?¶

This project was launched by the IELO company.

The main goal was to propose a total abstraction of physical machines and full flexibility/reliability and cost effective solution to customers who consume large quantities of computers/clusters.

Do you provide a live test of this project ?¶

Yes! you can download the zinn-clients package or source-code, the source code implement a connection to a live test platform hosted in Marseille (France)

You can create some services and report bugs and feelings using mailing-lists or this website (Issues report)

Can I help?¶

Yes! some mailing-lists are available:

• User mailing list here : Users mailing list Archives
• Developpers mailing list here : Developpers mailing list Archives