新年伊始,万物更新之际,给大家推荐云计算的创新:下一代的云计算——分布式云。根据行业分析师Gartner的报告,这代表了从大多数公有云服务的集中化模式的重大转变,并将引领云计算的新纪元。
云计算不是一个新概念。在1960年代,麻省理工学院(MIT)的数学与计算合作项目MAC已经进行了计算机网络实验。1969年,创建了一个Computer Networks组,以允许位于不同计算机上和不同位置的人们访问和共享位于单台计算机上的程序和信息。这是后来被称为云计算的开始。1997年,埃默里大学的Ramnath Chellappa教授将云计算定义为新的计算范式,其中计算的边界将由经济原理而不是仅由技术限制来确定。云计算技术发展到今天,终于我们又迎来了新一代的云——分布式云的概念。
分布式云,将公有云服务分发到不同位置,而原始公有云提供商则负责服务的运营,治理,更新和演进。分布式云意味着计算,存储和网络将置于集中式云外部的微云中。分布式云作为分散式云系统更接近最终用户。
Cubbit Cell是一家意大利创业公司,致力于创新和构建分布式云。该云可分布式,安全且环保。Cubbit Cell的抱负是彻底改变互联网的面貌,从云端开始。他们认为,如今,互联网以服务器农场的形式运行,这些服务器农场是巨大的、污染的、延伸数千平方英里的计算机大教堂,在某种程度上保护并榨取每个人的数据。
为了尝试改变这种情况,Cubbit Cell提出了一个根本的选择:一个免费的分布式网络,用户最终可以控制自己的数据。根据这家初创公司的说法,所有这些都可以通过一个小型而优雅的设备实现:Cubbit Cell,Cubbit分布式网络的节点。
Cubbit Cell是即插即用的设备。基本型号配备512GB的云空间。Cubbit Cell发生的任何事故,例如断开连接或停电,都不会影响用户的数据,用户的数据始终是安全的,并且可以在任何地方访问。实际上,它们并没有完全存储在单个单元中,而是分布在成群的Cubbit Cell中。
通过Cubbit Cell,用户可以访问分布式云,他们的文件被加密,复制和分布在其他节点上。用户可以通过Web,移动或桌面界面访问文件,这些界面与Dropbox等效,二者的区别是:没有订阅,也没有侵犯隐私。根据Cubbit Cell的创始人的说法,使Cubbit与其他云服务不同的是,Cubbit绝对无法访问用户数据,甚至无法访问用户密码。另一个区别是,如果用户空间不足,他们可以免费将自己拥有的硬盘插入设备。其背后的想法旨在对Internet进行某种形式的回收,以创建新的Internet。
该公式的创始人说,这是一场哥白尼革命,已经引起了科学界的热情和认可。2018年,Cubbit Cell与欧洲核子研究组织(CERN)及其他11个工业和学术合作伙伴合作,开展了一项旨在改造科学云基础设施的欧盟范围内项目。
Primomiglio SGR SpA总裁Gianluca Dettore说:"在博洛尼亚Barcamper Garage加速体验期间,我们与Cubbit Cell和Dpixel一起工作,我们对年轻创始人的坚韧和远见印象深刻。"他说"Cubbit Cell正在以一种现代方法来挑战云计算的巨头,这种方法肯定更安全,而一项具有显着可扩展性潜力的新技术将在网络增长越多的成本,效率和功率方面变得更具竞争力"。
下面具体介绍一下Cubbit Cell分布式云的优势:
- 最多四个帐户:用户每个单元最多可以创建四个帐户。这样,就有可能与一群朋友一起集体购买Cell,从而充分利用云服务
- 可扩展性:只需插入任何外部USB驱动器,Cubbit Cell即可自由扩展至4 TB的云空间。用户连接到Cell的每GB物理存储空间,一半变成云空间供用户使用,四分之一用于冗余以确保数据不会丢失,另一四分之一由Cubbit Cell保留并用于为业务用户提供高级云服务
- 最高的安全性:用户的文件不是全部存储在单个Cubbit Cell中,而是经过加密,相乘以确保冗余并在网络上传播,因此,除了所有者之外,没有人可以访问它们-甚至Cubbit Cell也不能访问
At the beginning of the new year, when everything is renewed, I recommend to you an innovation in cloud computing: the next generation of cloud computing - distributed cloud. According to a report by industry analyst Gartner, this represents a significant shift from the centralized model of most public cloud services and will lead a new era of cloud computing.
Cloud computing is not a new concept. In the 1960s, MIT's Mathematics and Computation Project MAC had already conducted computer network experiments. In 1969, a Computer Networks group was created to allow people at different computers and locations to access and share programs and information located on a single computer. This was the beginning of what later became known as cloud computing. In 1997, Professor Ramnath Chellappa of Emory University defined cloud computing as a new computing paradigm where the boundaries of computing would be determined by economic rationale rather than just technical limits. Today, as cloud computing technology has developed, we finally welcome a new generation of cloud - the concept of distributed cloud.
Distributed cloud distributes public cloud services to different locations, while the original public cloud provider is responsible for the operation, governance, updates, and evolution of the services. Distributed cloud means that computing, storage, and networks will be placed in micro-clouds outside the centralized cloud. Distributed cloud as a decentralized cloud system is closer to end users.
Cubbit Cell is an Italian startup dedicated to innovating and building distributed cloud. The cloud is distributed, secure, and eco-friendly. Cubbit Cell's ambition is to revolutionize the face of the internet, starting from the cloud. They believe that today, the internet operates in the form of server farms - massive, polluting, computer cathedrals extending thousands of square miles that somewhat protect and extract everyone's data.
To try to change this situation, Cubbit Cell proposes a fundamental alternative: a free distributed network where users finally control their own data. According to this startup, all of this can be achieved through a small and elegant device: Cubbit Cell, a node of the Cubbit distributed network.
Cubbit Cell is a plug-and-play device. The basic model comes with 512GB of cloud space. Any incident with Cubbit Cell, such as disconnection or power outage, will not affect user data. User data is always secure and accessible from anywhere. In fact, they are not completely stored in a single unit, but distributed across swarms of Cubbit Cells.
Through Cubbit Cell, users can access distributed cloud where their files are encrypted, replicated, and distributed across other nodes. Users can access files through Web, mobile, or desktop interfaces that are equivalent to Dropbox, with the difference being: no subscriptions and no privacy infringement. According to Cubbit Cell's founders, what makes Cubbit different from other cloud services is that Cubbit absolutely cannot access user data, not even user passwords. Another difference is that if users run out of space, they can plug in their own hard drives to the device for free. The idea behind this aims to recycle the Internet in some form to create a new Internet.
The founders say this is a Copernican revolution that has generated enthusiasm and recognition in the scientific community. In 2018, Cubbit Cell collaborated with CERN and 11 other industrial and academic partners on an EU-wide project aimed at transforming scientific cloud infrastructure.
Primomiglio SGR SpA President Gianluca Dettore said: "During the acceleration experience at Barcamper Garage in Bologna, we worked with Cubbit Cell and Dpixel, and we were impressed by the resilience and vision of the young founders." He said "Cubbit Cell is challenging cloud computing giants with a modern approach that is certainly more secure, and a new technology with significant scalability potential will become more competitive in terms of cost, efficiency, and power as the network grows larger."
Here are the specific advantages of Cubbit Cell distributed cloud:
- Up to four accounts: Users can create up to four accounts per unit. This way, it's possible to collectively purchase a Cell with a group of friends, making full use of cloud services
- Scalability: Simply plug in any external USB drive, and Cubbit Cell can freely expand up to 4 TB of cloud space. For every GB of physical storage space users connect to the Cell, half becomes cloud space for users to use, one quarter is used for redundancy to ensure data won't be lost, and another quarter is retained by Cubbit Cell and used to provide premium cloud services to business users
- Highest security: User files are not all stored in a single Cubbit Cell, but are encrypted, multiplied for redundancy, and propagated across the network, so no one but the owner can access them - not even Cubbit Cell