Ubuntu OpenStack, Rackspace OpenStack, Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenStack Platform, Cisco Metacloud (formerly Piston OpenStack) - Discontinued Product, Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Openstack (CloudScaling), SUSE OpenStack Cloud (discontinued), and Platform9 Managed OpenStack.
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Ubuntu OpenStack is the eponymous cloud openstack option from Canonical in the UK.
SUSE OpenStack Cloud is designed to provide an easy to deploy and manage heterogeneous cloud infrastructure for provisioning development, test and production workloads in a way that is supportable, compliant and secure. The service has been discontinued and unsupported since late…
Platform9's Managed OpenStack enables users to deploy and operate OpenStack Hybrid Cloud with a 100% SaaS based service. The SaaS platform lets users go live with an OpenStack private cloud with its deployment tools. The Platform9 dashboard is designed to offer visibility into…
Rackspace delivers OpenStack private clouds as-a-service, architected like a public cloud and designed for scale and service availability to any data center in the world. It includes a 99.99% API Uptime SLA.
Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes enables users to deploy, scale, and update bare metal private clouds on Kubernetes substrates.
Red Hat OpenStack Platform is a cloud computing platform that virtualizes resources from industry-standard hardware, organizes those resources into clouds, and manages them so users can access what they need—when they need it.
Piston OpenStack was acquired by Cisco in June, 2015. Branded Cisco Metacloud, the former Piston openstack product was discontinued in 2018.
Dell EMC's Ready Bundle for Red Hat OpenStack Platform is presented as an open, secure, reliable and supported solution built on validated, integrated components and featuring rapid, automated provisioning to simplify and speed deployment — so users can take advantage of cloud benefits…
VEXXHOST offers public cloud and private cloud services, built entirely on OpenStack. Their solutions are built to include everything enterprises will need, from virtual machines to bare metal to Kubernetes containers. VEXXHOST also provides cloud solutions like OpenStack Consulting,…
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OpenStack Cloud software is a free, open-source cloud computing platform used to build and manage private and public clouds. It is usually deployed as IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service). The OpenStack platform pools virtual resources to handle computing, networking, storage, identity, and image services.
OpenStack consists of multiple components with a modular architecture managed through a dashboard.
Core components with their (code names) include:
Compute (Nova) manages pools of computers resources using virtualization technologies.
Image Service (Glance) discovers, registers, and stores virtual machine images.
Object Storage (Swift) creates scalable data storage.
Dashboard (Horizon) is a graphical interface to automate cloud-based resources.
Identity Service (Keystone) provides a central list of users mapped against the OpenStack services they are allowed to access.
Networking (Neutron) manages networks and IP addresses.
Block Storage (Cinder) delivers block-level storage for applications.
Telemetry (Ceilometer) is a single point of contact for billing systems covering all OpenStack components.
Orchestration (Heat) supports multiple composite cloud applications through the use of APIs.
OpenStack is a platform that grew from the desire to define the direction of private cloud computing and create a common, shared codebase to support it. It is a community effort with hundreds of companies contributing to its codebase.
OpenStack places emphasis on stability, security, scalability, and interoperability. It is used by telecommunication service providers, financial institutions, governments, the military, universities, and research institutions. OpenStack is one of the biggest open-source projects in the world.
Using OpenStack, developers can retool the cloud and potentially create new use-cases.
OpenStack cloud software vendors offer customized and managed cloud services and solutions based upon OpenStack.
Related categories include:
Builds, Manages, and Supports Private and Public Clouds
Computer resources
Images
Storage
Dashboard
Identity Access
Networks
Billing
Applications / Containers
Consider the following points when evaluating your use of OpenStack cloud software.
In-house Build or Vendor Product: OpenStack cloud software and all its components are free; however, the size and complexity of the platform can create challenges. Does your organization have the skills and expertise to build and support OpenStack-based clouds? An OpenStack vendor product will offer that expertise and support while providing additional functions and services.
Alternatives: In addition to products based upon OpenStack, explore, and compare cloud service providers such as Amazon (AWS) and Microsoft (Azure) to see what best fits your needs. Both AWS and Azure support running open-source applications on their platforms. There are also other cloud open-source product vendors such as Apache’s CloudStack.
OpenStack cloud software is free. OpenStack vendors who bundle additional features, services, and tech support usually require obtaining a quote for their products.
These are some of the popular OpenStack cloud software products:
