Good To Know About OpenStack

What is OpenStack? The Basics, Part 1

OpenStack. In an increasingly cloud-obsessed world, you've probably heard of it. Maybe you've read it's "one of the fastest growing open source communities in the world," but you're still not sure what all the hype is about.

OpenStack® Releases Ocata

The OpenStack community has released Ocata, the 15th version of the most widely deployed open source infrastructure software. The Ocata release cycle was a one-time, shorter cycle focused on stabilization, including scalability and performance of the core compute and networking services.

Why is RackN advancing OpenStack on Kubernetes?

Yesterday, RackN CEO, Rob Hirschfeld, described the remarkable progress in OpenStack on Kubernetes using Helm ( article link). Until now, RackN had not been willing to officially support OpenStack deployments; however, we now believe that this approach is a game changer for OpenStack operators even if they are not actively looking at Kubernetes.

How Kubernetes on OpenStack powers DreamHost's new web builder - OpenStack Superuser

When it comes to establishing a web presence, many small businesses really just need simple, great-looking web pages. They don't have the time or the interest to learn how to use complicated site-building tools. To address this need, DreamHost developed Remixer, an easy-to-use graphic interface to build websites quickly and easily.

Mirantis OpenStack 9.2 Boosts NFV Performance and Streamlines Operations

Many of Mirantis' largest customers are telcos using OpenStack for NFV, and in the new Mirantis OpenStack 9.2 release , we build upon the NFV features introduced in version 9.0 to better support high-performance and large-scale VNF deployments.

Bouncing Back To Private Clouds With OpenStack

Timothy Prickett Morgan There is an adage, not quite yet old, suggesting that compute is free but storage is not. Perhaps a more accurate and, as far as public clouds are concerned, apt adaptation of this saying might be that computing and storage are free, and so are inbound networking within a region, but moving data across regions in a public cloud is brutally expensive, and it is even more costly spanning regions.

Neutron Quality of Service in OpenStack | Digit.in

Quality of Service (QoS) refers to the overall performance of a network and is used in telephony and computer networks to describe the customer's experience with the network. The most straightforward way of guaranteeing a good quality of service to the end user is to over provision the network.