A Billboard Manager Based Model That Offers Dual Features Supporting Cloud Operating System And Managing Cloud Data Storage

Abstract

With an increasing focus on mobility and an innate desire to access data and information efficiently and as quickly as possible, users are turning to technologies that can service their needs with the minimum of fuss and a high degree of reliability. In this paper, we have designed a proposed model that seeks to combine Billboard Manager with an open source cloud operating system known as eyeOS that, together, can help achieve the goals desired in a private cloud environment. The eyeOS is essentially a web-based operating system that allows file read/write/update operations in cloud. The architecture that we have proposed in this paper, involves a mix of the Internet, a private cloud zone, and a Billboard Manager managing an eyeOS powered layer. In this model, any user would be able to create, update, access, and delete almost any file from anywhere where there is Internet connectivity options available. The Billboard Manager would enable users to store or retrieve files across distributed storage nodes in a private cloud zone. The architecture that we have proposed is aimed at providing a thin-client architecture to any user with a PC, laptop, or a suitably-enabled mobile computing device, such that the user is able to collaborate and communicate his/her work within a private cloud zone from almost any location.