Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution integrates various hardware and software
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- IT giant Dell (http://www.dell.com/) announced on Tuesday it has launched the Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution, a new cloud solution based on the OpenStack platform.
The solution comes four months after Dell, along with Equinix and Rackspace Hosting, first announced it was developing the OpenStack cloud demonstration and test environment.
The solution allows customers to integrate the OpenStack cloud operating system, cloud-optimized Dell PowerEdge C servers, the Dell-developed "Crowbar" OpenStack installer, and services from Dell and Rackspace Cloud Builders.
The Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution is designed to help customers quickly integrate, deploy and manage their IT resources in an OpenStack environment.
Tested, validated, and supported by Dell, the reference architecture is based on Dell PowerEdge C Series servers.
The solution incorporates Dell's Crowbar software framework, which manages the OpenStack deployment from the initial server boot to the configuration of the primary OpenStack components.
As a result, users are able to complete bare metal deployment of multi-node OpenStack clouds in a matter of hours, as opposed to days.
Once the initial deployment is complete, Crowbar can be used to maintain, expand, and architect the complete solution, including BIOS configuration, network discovery, status monitoring, performance data gathering, and alerting.
Dell has also released open source code for Crowbar to the community to enable users to build functionality to meet their specific system needs. It is working with the community to submit Crowbar as a core project in the OpenStack initiative.
Having been a member of the OpenStack community since its inception, Dell has worked closely with many key OpenStack partners, including Rackspace, Citrix, Opscode, Canonical, and Intel. Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution uses the current OpenStack release, Cactus.
With support for top public cloud application programming interfaces from Amazon and Rackspace, as well as extensive support for all of the major virtualization technologies from Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware, OpenStack and the Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution provide "all the components necessary to deliver a comprehensive cloud offering," according to the press release.
"Dell is an active participant in the OpenStack community because it brings our customers open APIs, capable practices for cloud operations, and affordable infrastructure," said Mark Linebaugh, vice president of next generation computing solutions at Dell. "Utilizing and integrating the efficiencies of the PowerEdge C line with optimized software, and tailored services, the Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution enables users to go from unboxing servers to running a usable OpenStack cloud in mere hours. The ability to quickly develop, deploy, and deliver open source cloud services can translate not only to lower costs, but also the flexibility to rapidly add new features and meet customer needs on demand."
The new OpenStack Cloud solution is just another component of Dell's aggressive cloud-focused strategy, which encompasses a $1 billion investment throughout the year to deliver new cloud services, technologies, and data centers.
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The solution comes four months after Dell, along with Equinix and Rackspace Hosting, first announced it was developing the OpenStack cloud demonstration and test environment.
The solution allows customers to integrate the OpenStack cloud operating system, cloud-optimized Dell PowerEdge C servers, the Dell-developed "Crowbar" OpenStack installer, and services from Dell and Rackspace Cloud Builders.
The Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution is designed to help customers quickly integrate, deploy and manage their IT resources in an OpenStack environment.
Tested, validated, and supported by Dell, the reference architecture is based on Dell PowerEdge C Series servers.
The solution incorporates Dell's Crowbar software framework, which manages the OpenStack deployment from the initial server boot to the configuration of the primary OpenStack components.
As a result, users are able to complete bare metal deployment of multi-node OpenStack clouds in a matter of hours, as opposed to days.
Once the initial deployment is complete, Crowbar can be used to maintain, expand, and architect the complete solution, including BIOS configuration, network discovery, status monitoring, performance data gathering, and alerting.
Dell has also released open source code for Crowbar to the community to enable users to build functionality to meet their specific system needs. It is working with the community to submit Crowbar as a core project in the OpenStack initiative.
Having been a member of the OpenStack community since its inception, Dell has worked closely with many key OpenStack partners, including Rackspace, Citrix, Opscode, Canonical, and Intel. Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution uses the current OpenStack release, Cactus.
With support for top public cloud application programming interfaces from Amazon and Rackspace, as well as extensive support for all of the major virtualization technologies from Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware, OpenStack and the Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution provide "all the components necessary to deliver a comprehensive cloud offering," according to the press release.
"Dell is an active participant in the OpenStack community because it brings our customers open APIs, capable practices for cloud operations, and affordable infrastructure," said Mark Linebaugh, vice president of next generation computing solutions at Dell. "Utilizing and integrating the efficiencies of the PowerEdge C line with optimized software, and tailored services, the Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution enables users to go from unboxing servers to running a usable OpenStack cloud in mere hours. The ability to quickly develop, deploy, and deliver open source cloud services can translate not only to lower costs, but also the flexibility to rapidly add new features and meet customer needs on demand."
The new OpenStack Cloud solution is just another component of Dell's aggressive cloud-focused strategy, which encompasses a $1 billion investment throughout the year to deliver new cloud services, technologies, and data centers.
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