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<h2>{% trans "So, what is this ~okeanos thing?" %}</h2>

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<em>~okeanos</em> is a brand new IaaS Service. "IaaS" stands for "Infrastracture as a Service", but what does it really mean?

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It means that you can build your own computer, always connected to the Internet, without worrying for hardware failures, spaghetti cables, connectivity hiccups and software troubles. 

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With ~okeanos you are one click away from your own Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks: You can manage them, destroy them, connect to them and take a handful of other actions, all from inside your favorite web browser. 

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<h4>Think about it:</h4>

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You wake up one morning and you need a new computer with a specific operating system and hardware requirements (or 10 new computers :-) ).

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Until today you would probably:

Go out shopping, buy/order a new PC, wait shipping to your place, unpack, connect cables, connect to the network, setup your installation, pray all went well and start after a few hours (hopefully).

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<p>

Can I have something click and go, please?

Start preparing breakfast (required). Open your browser, login to ~okeanos, order as many machines as you like, select their 'hardware', pick up your favorite operating system, wait only a few minutes, then connect remotely to your own new working PC. And don't forget, breakfast is still there waiting for you.

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<h2>{% trans "Hmm, getting interesting, who is it for?" %}</h2>

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<em>~okeanos</em> will be soon delivering production-quality IaaS to the Greek Academic and Research Community. Students, professors and researchers can dive into the 'ocean' and get the full power of virtual infrastructures (computing, network, storage). We run the service from our datacenters, VMs and storage (soon) over our dark fiber network. 

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Are you a student/researcher/faculty member? You can access ~okeanos using the same credentials you use to login to your University/Research Center.

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<h3>..and who is behind ~okeanos?</h3>

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~okeanos is being designed and developed by the <a href="http://www.grnet.gr">Greek Research and Technology Network (GRNET)</a> for the benefit of the Greek academic community. You are welcomed to join ~okeanos and stay!

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<h2>Ok, seems cool, but why should I use it?</h2>

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<em>~okeanos</em> GUI is designed to be as simple and clean as possible. Although full-fledged for the tech-savvy administrator, it is as handy as a swiss knife for all: Even the most inexperienced user can have a running system in notime. 

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<h3>I am a student</h3>

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It gives me the opportunity to test specific kind of software/work in a machine that I no longer need after my work is done. It also makes it easy to get in touch with different technologies without having to buy anything. It is a live testbed for my studies. And yes, it is always connected to the net, so imagine what it can do...

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<h3>I am a professor</h3>

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It makes it possible for me to deploy PC labs without having to worry about specific hardware or physical space. It makes me capable of providing machines to my students for a scheduled amount of time.

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<h3>I am a researcher</h3>

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It enables me to run experiments in many different environments and network topologies which I can provision easily, quickly and dynamically. I can have persistent or volatile machines according to my needs.  

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