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OpenStack for Architects

You're reading from OpenStack for Architects Design and implement successful private clouds with OpenStack

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781784395100

Length 214 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

OpenStack

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Michael Solberg

Benjamin Silverman

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Table of Contents (9) Chapters

Preface

1. Introducing OpenStack FREE CHAPTER

2. Architecting the Cloud

3. Planning for Failure (and Success)

4. Building the Deployment Pipeline

5. Building to Operate

6. Integrating the Platform

7. Securing the Cloud

8. Conclusion

Compute hardware considerations

It's certainly possible to deploy OpenStack on Power or Z series systems from IBM or Solaris systems from Oracle, but the vast majority of OpenStack deployments use Linux on 64-bit Intel systems. Selecting a hardware platform for compute infrastructure in OpenStack is similar to selecting a hardware platform for any other workload in the data center. Some organizations have a brand loyalty to a particular vendor based on reputation, past performance, or business arrangements and some organizations ask hardware vendors to bid on projects as they come up. A small number of organizations choose to assemble their own systems from components, but most OpenStack deployments use the same commodity systems that would be deployed to run any other Linux workload.

With that said, we've definitely seen hardware configurations that work well with OpenStack and ones which had to be reconfigured after the fact. We'll try to help you avoid that second purchase...

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Authors (2)

Michael Solberg

Michael Solberg

Michael Solberg, as a chief architect, is responsible for helping Red Hat customers achieve their key business transformation initiatives through open source architectures and technologies. His previous experience includes building a web hosting infrastructure, helping enterprises migrate to Linux, and designing new Infrastructure-as-a-Service platforms. He is an avid supporter of the OpenStack project and a regular speaker at industry events.

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Benjamin Silverman

Benjamin Silverman

Ben Silverman, the Chief Cloud Officer for the service provider/Telco team at OnX. Previously, Ben has worked as a Sr. system architect for Mirantis and as the lead architect for American Express's first OpenStack cloud. He is also responsible for the OpenStack Architecture Guide online and leads the Phoenix OpenStack User's group. He holds a degree in English communications and a master's degree in information management from Arizona State University. He has also been a technical reviewer of the book, Learning OpenStack, by Packt Publishing.

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