Introduction to OpenStackA Common Platform for Service Providers and Enterprises

General Manager, Rackspace Cloud Builders & OpenStack.org

Jim Curry

Twitter: @jimcurryjim.curry@rackspace.com

• Responsible for OpenStack.og and Rackspace Cloud Builders

• Previously ran new business formation / corp dev (including launch of Rackspace Asia

• 6 years at Rackspace

• jim.curry@rackspace.com• @jimcurry

About Me

Why OpenStack?

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Today Enterprises Are Building Clouds To…

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• Meet departmental resource needs and timelines

• Control and monitor the environment

• Respond to external cloud pressure

Its simply a better way of consuming and managing IT infrastructure

The path to cloud….

Server Virtualization Was the First Step

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Hypervisors Provide Abstraction Between Apps and Servers

HOST 1 HOST 2 HOST 3 HOST 4, ETC.

VMs

Hypervisor: turns 1 server into many “virtual machines” (VMs)(VM W are ESX, Citrix XEN Server, KVM , Etc.)

Hardware abstraction for each server

Better resource allocation for each server

Other Building Blocks Are Required

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Abstraction Between Apps and Hardware

Flexibility & efficiency are the key drivers

Resource pools for apps starting to form

…and any other infrastructure resource in the DC

Growth Creates Problems

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“VM Sprawl” Can Make Things Unmanageable Very Quickly

Growth Creates Problems

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“VM Sprawl” Can Make Things Unmanageable Very Quickly

OpenStack, the Cloud Operating System

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New Management Layer That Adds Automation & Control

This is OpenStack

• A cloud operating system that turns datacenters into pools of resources – the next evolution from server virtualization

• Provides a management layer for controlling, automating, and efficiently allocating these resources

• Empowers operators, sys admins and end users via self-service portals (“I want AWS-type service!”)

• Gives developers the capability to build cloud-aware applications via APIs

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But It Goes Beyond A Single Datacenter…

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Enterprise Private Clouds Run Cloud Operating Systems

Public Clouds Run Cloud Operating

Systems

But It Goes Beyond A Single Datacenter…

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Imagine Having a Open, Common

Platform Across Clouds…

Seamlessly transporting workloads

This is true Cloud Federation!

An Open, Common Platform is Here

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Private Clouds

Run OpenStack Software In Your Own

Corporate DC or Colocation

Facility

Public CloudsRun Highly Scalable Cloud

Software Proven by

Some of the World’s

Largest Cloud Providers

Service Providers Are Adopting

• Originated by Rackspace and NASA

• Designed to scale cost effectively

• Emerging standard backed by large ecosystem

• Open source with no lock-in or license

• No desire to build proprietary clouds

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This Market Looks Really Familiar

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The Rationale for One Open Platform• Both markets need a cloud operating system – significant technology overlap

• Cloud orchestration should be commoditized, and we should all solve it together

• True interoperability requires a common platform

• Customers want to have one standard…ideally one that does not lock them in

Companies Using OpenStack Today

• Service providers including….

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Why Did Rackspace Start This Project?• Open source is the best model for software development

• No other existing solution – public or private – met our needs for building clouds

• Customers are demanding a standard

• We have a lot of experience to contribute

• Support is our business, not technology

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About OpenStack

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The Pieces of OpenStack

OpenStack Compute (Nova)

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift)

OpenStack Image Service (Glance)

The Pieces of OpenStack

• Dashboard

• Identity Management

• Networking

• Load balancers

• Database

• Queueing

OpenStack Community Today

Some Stats

• 1,200+ active participants

• 17 countries represented at Design Summit

• 40,000+ downloads

• Worldwide network of user groups (North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa)

Some Facts About Diablo

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Design Summit & Conference

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How You Can Participate

• Website: www.openstack.org

• Mailing Lists: http://lists.openstack.org

• Wiki: http://wiki.openstack.org

• Twitter: @openstack

Rackspace Cloud Builders

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Rackspace Cloud Builders

• Available to help service providers and enterprises build and support OpenStack clouds

• Training, deployment and ongoing support

• Key engineering resources driving OpenStack

• Operational expertise from Rackspace Cloud

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Deployment & Support

• Reference architectures for public and private clouds• In any DC – customer, colo, etc.• Deployed via partners or Rackspace• Today deploying Diablo on KVM with roadmap for Xenserver,

other features

• Provide various support options• Engineering escalation (bug fixes, etc)• Co-manage your cloud (reactive and proactive support)• Remotely run your cloud

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Training – Public & Private

• Launched 9 public classes in Europe & US this year (Asia to be added in Q1 2012)

• Intended for system administrators, developers, architects, anyone wanting to explore OpenStack

• Delivered primarily through global network of partners

• Certification program will be added in 2012

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Thank You!

General Manager, Rackspace Cloud Builders & OpenStack.org

Jim Curry

Twitter: @jimcurryjim.curry@rackspace.com