The Future for OpenStack Distributions€¦ · 4 DIY approach - pros and cons • "OpenStack...
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The Future for
OpenStack Distributions
Mark SmithSenior Product Market Manager
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
Pete ChadwickDirector of Product Management
Cloud & Systems Management
You must choose, but choose wisely*
“Whenever you see a successful business,
someone once made a courageous decision.” **
• You made your first courageous decision.
• You chose OpenStack
• More choices are on the way……
2sources: * Indiana Jones and the last crusade. ** Peter F. Drucker
OpenStack Consumption models
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Managed Cloud
OpenStack
Distribution
DIY
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DIY approach - pros and cons
• "OpenStack is…consistently recognized as overly complex to configure, deploy and upgrade.” 451 Research Feb 2015
• “Sometimes the complexity of the projects and deployment can
be a major problem.”
• “The biggest challenge is to upgrade the production system….”
• The modular nature of OpenStack is appreciated by many users.
• “Install what you need. Saves a lot of cost.”
• Fast access to upstream code releases
• Almost unlimited flexibility and customization
* Source: OpenStack user survey April 2017, with exception of 451 Research quote, Feb 2015
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What do you get with a distro?
- Simple, fast and easy deployment
framework
- Automatically installation of key
functionality, including HA
- Quality tested, hardened, supported
- Packaged mix of production & tech preview projects
- Managed, automated updates & bug fixes
- Non disruptive upgrade capabilities
- Deploy and configure in hours – not days (or months)
Factors to consider
• Cost (Capex & Opex)
• Existing infrastructure
• Internal skills, personnel and resources
• Management overhead
• Support and maintenance overhead
• Project timescales
• Customization requirements
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OpenStack distribution history
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2012
First enterprise-grade
Distribution (Essex)
Automatic HA deployment
for Compute Nodes
Automatic HA deployment
for control plane
Non-disruptive
upgrades
11 OpenStack
releases
2017
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Why use a distro?
- You are never “on your own”
- Minimize the internal support team size and skills needed
- Packaged OpenStack implementation with everything you need
(probably)
- back-end services / support
- All the tools needed to test, bug fix and prepare your cloud
- And it can “pay for itself”
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Value proposition for distributions
- “For those enterprises that want OpenStack, the value
proposition of a distribution writes itself.”
- “If an OpenStack distribution is able to increase the number of
virtual machines an engineer is effectively able to manage by
a tiny 5%, then a distribution is good value compared to a DIY
approach.”
- “We believe OpenStack distributions are very likely to
achieve this through easier installation and management, and
thus present a clear TCO benefit”
Source: 451 research. The cloud price index | The great public vs private cloud debate. Q3 2016
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OpenStack maturity & natural consolidation
“Consolidate” definition
synonyms: combine, unite, merge, integrate, amalgamate, fuse, blend, mingle, marry, synt
hesize, bring together; More
verb
1. make (something) physically stronger or more solid.
2. combine (a number of things) into a single more effective or coherent whole.
Synonyms:- Concentrate
- Reinforce
- Strengthen
- Tighten up
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OpenStack is the ideal integration platformReady for the next decade’s tech trends
Physical Infrastructure: Server, Switches, Storage
Software Defined Everything
StorageSDS
NetworkingSDN and NFV
VirtualizationHypervisors
Operating SystemLinux
Private Cloud / IaaS
OpenStack Cloud Software
Bare metal
workloadsVirtualized
workloads
Containerized
workloads
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The future for OpenStack distributions A blueprint for SDI
Application Delivery
Custom Micro Service ApplicationsKubernetes / Magnum
Physical Infrastructure: Server, Switches, Storage
Public CloudSoftware Defined Everything
StorageSDS
NetworkingSDN and NFV
VirtualizationHypervisors
Operating SystemLinux
Platform as a ServiceCloud Foundry
Private Cloud / IaaS
OpenStack Cloud Software
Management
Operations,
Monitoring and
Patching
Cluster
Deployment
Orchestration
• Heat
• Kubernetes
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Questions
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