[clug-talk] Private Cloud?

[Shawn]

Has anyone played with Cloud computing?  (other than Gustin who plays 
with EVERYTHING).  More specific, has anyone tried the Ubuntu Enterprise 
  Cloud (UCE)?

I'm interested in putting together a personal cloud type thing to 
provide a "web based file system" - aka a virtual drive that can be 
connected to (mounted would be best), from outside my network.  I know 
there are other ways to provide this sort of thing - vpn's, webdav, nfs, 
etc, but I'm hoping to learn about the cloud idea in the process.

I did find this guide:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Eucalyptus

But this seems to need some background info in the cloud idea to really 
understand.  I suspect I'll "just do it" in the next day or so, but 
thought I'd check in with the group for thoughts/experience.

And related to this, anyone have thoughts about putting together a CLUG 
cloud?

Shawn