Openstack, Docker, Kubernetes, and CoreOS can provide a foundation for infrastructure provisioning and application deployment in the enterprise. Openstack as a private cloud IaaS solution, is successfully driving infrastructure automation, and maximizing the utilization of compute, network and storage systems. Enterprises are also starting to use containers to manage their application lifecycle. Containers make applications… Continue reading Building the Enterprise Cloud with Openstack, Docker, Kubernetes, and CoreOS
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Repeatable benchmarking of OpenStack architectures
As you plan for and execute your OpenStack installation it’s important to make sure you pick components that meet your needs for your workloads. In this session we’ll go over how to benchmark components in any permetation of OpenStack install in order to best select which component works for your hardware with your planned workloads.… Continue reading Repeatable benchmarking of OpenStack architectures
OpenStack Cinder QOS: A Hands-On Workshop
We all know Cinder offers the awesome ability to create storage volumes, attach them to instances, and use them anyway you wish. The truth is, not all workloads are created equal! With Cinder QOS, OpenStack Administrators can now offer their users Cinder volumes in a variety of performance flavors! In this hands-on lab, participants will… Continue reading OpenStack Cinder QOS: A Hands-On Workshop
Public or Private Cloud, Amazon Web Services or OpenStack
Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides an easy on-ramp, simple swipe a credit card and you can start building clouds and cloud applications. OpenStack appears more complex: download, install, configure, manage, upgrade. So which do you use and when? In this session you will learn: What’s the difference between public, private, managed and hybrid clouds? Do… Continue reading Public or Private Cloud, Amazon Web Services or OpenStack
Fully Managed OpenStack: The Fastest Path to Production, and the Easiest Way to Evaluate SDNs
Canonical’s “BootStack” offering has set the pace for fully managed OpenStack – we will build and manage an OpenStack on your premises for a low, fixed cost per server. Along the way we have learned a few things about hardware selection, management, openstack operations, and how to evaluate SDN and storage options quickly. We’re here… Continue reading Fully Managed OpenStack: The Fastest Path to Production, and the Easiest Way to Evaluate SDNs
Navigating the OpenStack Ecosystem with updates for Kilo Release
This session will pick up where we left off in Paris. The ecosystem is changing and growing rapidly around OpenStack. If you saw the session in Paris or if you are new to the OpenStack community this refresh, will help to take you through the OpenStack ecosystem. If you take one look at the OpenStack… Continue reading Navigating the OpenStack Ecosystem with updates for Kilo Release
Bare metal management – Beyond Ironic
Bare metal management is important to modern operational excellence. The MAAS project lead by Canonical has become the standard in Facebook’s Open Compute Project for large scale machine validation and provisioning, and has also been adopted in the Chef community. MAAS installs Windows, CentOS, Ubuntu or other operating systems blindingly quickly and provides a general… Continue reading Bare metal management – Beyond Ironic
OpenStack in the Enterprise
Enterprise requires complex solutions with existing infrastructure, vendors, High Availability, Scalability and Interoperability across multiple complex environments. Business drives the need to achieve operational efficiency, customer focus, scale and competitiveness. The challenge for enterprise is to deliver this in a bi-modal environment: evolving from traditional networks to supporting policy based “anything as a se…Full session… Continue reading OpenStack in the Enterprise