what a beginner should know about openstack

What a Beginner should know about OpenStack?

Anthony Chow@vCloudernBeer

http://cloudn1n3.blogspot.com/

OpenStack Summit vBrownBag TechTalkMay 18, 2015

What is OpenStack?

Open source cloud infrastructure (laaS) Manages compute, storage and networking

resources Python based Running platform - Linux

Components of OpenStack

Bi-annual release cycle Main projects –

Nova, Glance/Cinder/Swift and Neutron Other major projects -

KeyStone, Horizon, Heat and Ceilometer RESTful API and Message Q systems Project classification

– Core

– Integrated/Incubation/External

– “Big Tent”

OpenStack DefCore

Defending the OpenStack brand - OpenStack™

Applies only to commercial uses of the OpenStack name.

Establishes the required minimum feature set for OpenStack products.

OpenStack Deployment Options

In-house private cloud from GitHub In-house private cloud from distributions Hosted private cloud Public cloud Consultant and Integrators

OpenStack Ecosystem

BigData

Red Hat Cisco Rackspace

Storage

SolidFire SwiftStack Ceph

Networking

Akanda PLUMgrid Midikura

PaaS

Red Hat OpenShift IBM SoftLayer HP Helion

Is OpenStack “enterprise” ready?

High Availability (HA) Security VIO 2 releases per year may be too much Enough in-house expertise?

What problem can OpenStack solve?

On demand and self serving Resource Pool Elastic/Agile

Companies that uses OpenStack

CERN – European research institute Walmart - eCommerce BMW – Global Data center

TCO of OpenStack

Able to run on commodity hardware Hidden cost for support and operations May be difficult to measure

How can I get ready for OpenStack?

Architect, Developer or Testing engineer Test environment TryStack OpenStack meetup OpenStack summit

C-level executives Tell your staffs to try it out.