Gustav Brock
Gustav at cactus.dk
Fri Jan 13 02:06:51 CST 2012
Hi Jim Interesting, but what can we use it for? <quote> Who is the audience for this? Institutions and service providers with physical hardware that they'd like to use for large-scale cloud deployments. In addition, companies who have specific requirements which prevent them from running in a public cloud. OpenStack is probably not something that the average business would consider deploying themselves yet. </quote> Seems like a tool for the really big boys only. /gustav >>> accessd at shaw.ca 12-01-2012 19:15 >>> Openstack the current largest OpenSource Cloud application (currently supported by Rackspace and NASA) has just received yet another boost with AT&T throwing its considerable financial support behind it and they are planning to add a number of APIs. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/10/at_t_open_stack/ "AT&T has promised a LAMP stack for CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Red Hat and Windows Server for AT&T Cloud Architect, with plans to add a "full API framework" letting devs "fully tap" into AT&T's cloud." So what does OpenStack Cloud do and give? According to Openstack: <quote> Why OpenStack? Control and Flexibility. Open source platform means you're never locked to a proprietary vendor, and modular design can integrate with legacy or third-party technologies to meet your business needs. Hypervisor support for Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, Xen, KVM, VMWware ESX, LXC, QEMU, and UML. Industry Standard. More than 60 leading companies from over a dozen countries are participating in OpenStack, including Cisco, Citrix, Dell, Intel and Microsoft, and new OpenStack clouds are coming online across the globe. Proven Software. Running the OpenStack cloud operating system means running the same software that today powers some of the largest public and private clouds in the world. Compatible and Connected. Compatibility with public OpenStack clouds means enterprises are prepared for the future, making it easy to migrate data and applications to public clouds when conditions are right, based on security policies, economics, and other key business criteria. </quote> You can view the main page via: http://openstack.org So yet another big option for all who are thinking a dabbling or going into full production on the web. Jim