openQRM

openQRM is a cloud management platform designed to provide management, monitoring, automation, and deployment capabilities for IT infrastructure. It is suitable for companies of all sizes, from small businesses to large enterprises. IT administrators and managers, system administrators, DevOps engineers, cloud service providers, and data centers across various industries reportedly rely on openQRM to streamline their cloud management processes.

Key Features

Diskless Boot: According to the vendor, openQRM allows servers and applications to be booted without a hard disk, potentially resulting in faster boot times, longer uptimes, and cost savings.

Compatibility with Major Cloud Services: The vendor states that openQRM is designed to be compatible with most major cloud services. Its modular infrastructure enables the provisioning of functions and compatibilities through plugins, with an expanding list of supported cloud services.

How-Tos and Tutorials: openQRM reportedly provides resources such as How-Tos and Tutorials to assist users in understanding and utilizing its features. These resources are available on the Wiki, YouTube Channel, and Community Forum.

Enterprise Software Editions & Plug-Ins: According to the vendor, openQRM offers different software editions and over 50 plug-ins. The Enterprise Edition reportedly provides extensive management, automation, and monitoring possibilities, while the plug-ins cater to various functionalities and technologies.

Separation of Hardware from Software: The vendor claims that openQRM enables live migration over systems, treating hardware as a separate computing resource without the need for reconfiguring the software. This, in turn, provides flexibility in allocating remote storage, networking, or compute resources.

Hyperscalers Cloud Management Appliance: Hyperscalers, as a distributor for Quanta Computer, reportedly offers an IaaS orchestration platform for managing both in-house and 3rd party cloud infrastructure. According to the vendor, users can manage multiple cloud resources from a single interface.

Orchestrate Data Centre & Cloud: The vendor claims that openQRM orchestrates software, network, virtualization, monitoring, and security implementations. It reportedly deploys multi-tier services as virtual machines on distributed infrastructures and combines data center resources with remote cloud resources based on allocation policies.

Community Edition: According to the vendor, openQRM also offers a free and open-source Community Edition that allows for the management of small setups. It is said to provide basic functionality for data-center management, making it suitable for simple commercial or educational use-cases.