PlanetLab

PlanetLab was a group of computers available as a testbed for computer networking and distributed systems research. It was established in 2002 by Prof. Larry L. Peterson and Prof. David Culler,^[1] and by 2005 it had been deployed at 252 sites in 28 countries. ^[2] Each research project had a "slice", or virtual machine access to a subset of the nodes.

Accounts were limited to persons affiliated with corporations and universities that hosted PlanetLab nodes. However, a number of free, public services have been deployed on PlanetLab, including CoDeeN, the Coral Content Distribution Network, and Open DHT. ^[3]

PlanetLab was officially shut down in May 2020^[4] but continues in Europe.^[5]

References

1. Peterson, Larry; Anderson, Tom; Culler, David; Roscoe, Timothy (2002). "A Blueprint for Introducing Disruptive Technology into the Internet". First Hotnets Workshop.
2. Anderson, Tom; Peterson, Larry; Shenker, Scott; Turner, Jonathan (April 2025). "Overcoming the Internet Impasse Through Virtualization" (PDF). IEEE Computer. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
3. Rhea, Sean; et al. (2005). "OpenDHT: A Public DHT Service and Its Uses" (PDF). Proceedings of SIGCOMM 2005.
4. "It's Been a Fun Ride". Systems Approach. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
5. "A special welcome to PlanetLab Users from the US". PlanetLab Europe. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2025.

External links

• PlanetLab
• PlanetLab Europe