As Rackspace has grown the footprint of it’s Public Cloud from a few hundred nodes in 3 regions to 10’s of thousands (and growing) running in 6 global locations, we’ve had to make choices along the way. Some of them were, even by our own assessment, pretty crazy! In this talk, we’ll dive into a… Continue reading A Few Bat@#$% Crazy Things We Did to Scale OpenStack
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Manila 101 & Use Cases
Manila provides an automated, on-demand, and scalable service for delivering shared and distributed file systems all via an open, standardized API developed within the OpenStack effort, but made available for usage independent of what cloud ecosystem is utilized. For the first time, cloud users can self-provision and manage shared file systems as first-class objects to… Continue reading Manila 101 & Use Cases
Ahead of the NFV Curve through truly scale-out Network Function Cloudification
Promising to increase service agility and scalability, NFV is developing at an unprecedented pace. Virtualized network function vendors are scrambling to move their software from running on special purpose appliances to running on virtual machines. But by simply porting the code, the VNFs still can’t take full advantages of the cloud infrastructure to achieve scale-out… Continue reading Ahead of the NFV Curve through truly scale-out Network Function Cloudification
Delivering a Carrier-Grade Platform with OpenStack: From Sprints to Marathons
Telco Network Equipment Vendors (NEPs) and Communication Services Providers (CSPs) are fast moving from Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) solutions in their respective labs to real world deployments with OpenStack as the overwhelming Cloud Operating System. NFV deployments pose a number of additional unique challenges over any traditional enterprise cloud deployment and vendors are looking up… Continue reading Delivering a Carrier-Grade Platform with OpenStack: From Sprints to Marathons
EMC To Acquire Virtustream
Hopkinton, MA: EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Virtustream. When the transaction closes, Virtustream will form EMC’s new managed cloud services business. The acquisition represents a transformational element of EMC’s strategy to help customers move all applications to cloud-based IT environments. With the addition of… Continue reading EMC To Acquire Virtustream
Live Migration at HP Public Cloud
Live migration seems like magic – that you can take a running VM and swap its host without the VM or its users really noticing. But in some sense it’s not very “cloudy”. After all why live-migrate your pets if you can just start a new herd of cattle wherever you need them? At HP,… Continue reading Live Migration at HP Public Cloud
The Multi-hypervisor OpenStack Cloud: Are We There Yet?
The Multi-hypervisor OpenStack Cloud: Are We There Yet? One of the visions for OpenStack is for it to be the unifying common fabric for all cloud and infrastructure components in the enterprise. Literally, this would mean that all hypervisors, storage systems, and networking services from different vendors could be offered to users and orchestrated under… Continue reading The Multi-hypervisor OpenStack Cloud: Are We There Yet?
NetApp: Innovation for the OpenStack Community of Operators and Users
NetApp was a charter member of the OpenStack Foundation, contributing its first code in 2012 and has been heavily invested in the community ever since. In this session, we’ll offer a glimpse into two areas where NetApp continues to innovate to improve the lives of operators and users of OpenStack. Anurag Palsule of NetApp’s Manageability… Continue reading NetApp: Innovation for the OpenStack Community of Operators and Users