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What is Red Hat OpenStack Platform?

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.

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Ever wondered what's really inside the stacks !

Rating: 8 out of 10
April 22, 2022
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I support TelcoCloud datacenters which are managed by Red Hat OpenStack. This cloud infrastructure hosts multiple Telco applications, known as Virtual network functions (VNFs)...
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Asad Khan
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Technical CARE Specialist
Nokia
Red Hat OpenStack Platform4 years of experience
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What is Red Hat OpenStack Platform?

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.

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What is Red Hat OpenStack Platform?

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.

Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) is a distribution of OpenStack from Red Hat that can be deployed on top of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. RHOSP can be used to deploy a local IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) cloud that is manage in an organization's own environment, and on its own hardware.

RHOSP is composed of a collection of OpenStack services that Red Hat supports, each with a secure API that can be accessed through a unified CLI or web interface. These services correspond to traditional data center services, such as the provisioning of servers, networks, and storage, whose access can be limited through quota management.

Red Hat OpenStack Platform director can be used to configure, deploy, and manage RHOSP. The architecture is flexible, and defined in YAML, so as to save and redeploy any chosen architecture identically across multiple sites. Because of the inherent flexibility of the OpenStack model, RHOSP cannot be described as a single unified architecture.

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Ever wondered what's really inside the stacks !

Rating: 8 out of 10
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April 22, 2022
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Asad Khan
Technical CARE Specialist
Nokia (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees)
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Red Hat OpenStack Platform
4 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I support TelcoCloud datacenters which are managed by Red Hat OpenStack. This cloud infrastructure hosts multiple Telco applications, known as Virtual network functions (VNFs) & All the VNFs are created & managed by the OpenStack platform only. This use case has saved a significant amount of CAPEX for telecom operators by converting the traditional hardware-based applications in the form of VNFs. Operations & maintenance tasks are also easy now.
Pros
  • Scaling of application components (VMs).
  • Managing the networking between virtual machines.
  • Management of VNFs & the underlying infrastructure.
  • Availability & uptime of VMs because of features like VM migration & evacuation.
Cons
  • User management really needs improvement - when compared to AWS or GCP.
  • Security of the overall platform needs to be improved.
  • The whole architecture needs to be modular which is not. Ex - Upgrading any particular component (nova, neutron, cinder) should be possible without upgrading the whole Red Hat OpenStack version.
  • The creation of HEAT templates for complex applications is still a challenge & has a dependency on external tools.
  • Stack creation still requires parameters modification at controllers & compute because of the complex nova-scheduler algorithm.
Likelihood to Recommend
Best suited for - any organization where you have people who already have expertise on OpenStack, Linux & IP networking. Otherwise, the maintenance & operations will be difficult. When the number of deployed VMs reaches its capacity, it becomes very difficult to manage Red Hat OpenStack because there are no in-built fault management & performance management tools available within Red Hat OpenStack.

Not suited for - Organizations where people have a culture of working on automated GUI-based tools. Here VMware wins over Red Hat OpenStack. Also where you have mission-critical applications where downtime cannot be tolerated.
Most Important Features
  • Low cost.
  • SDN functionality.
  • Easy scaling of VMs.
Return on Investment
  • Saved CAPEX for sure (I can't quote a figure).
  • Saved Opex also - because a large support community is already available.
  • Increased complexity of system setup though.
Alternatives Considered
Only because of low cost & zero licensing of Red Hat OpenStack
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