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OpenStack and SDN

R. Scott Raynovich

Chief Analyst and Publisher

The Rayno Report (www.raynoreport.com)

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What is OpenStack?

• It’s an Open Source “Cloud Operating System”

• Invented by Rackspace and NASA

• OpenStack Foundation created in 2012

• Allows you to build cloud platforms for network,

storage, and compute applications

• Runs on standardized hardware

• Has a large community of supporters and

programmers

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Manages Resources Across

Virtualized Environments

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Advantages of Open Source

• Agility (app development and deployment)

• Control (you control your own code)

• Open (lack of vendor lock-in)

• Leverage the community of programmers

• Transparency

A-C-O-L-T : New Acroynm?

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Source: 2014 Future of Open Source Survey

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Source: 2014 Future of Open Source Survey

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Top Uses of OpenStack

1) Web Apps

2) QA Test Equipment

3) Databases

4) Research

5) Testing

6) Storage & Backup

7) Virtual Desktops

8) Big Data/data mining

9) Management & Monitoring

10) High Performance Computing (HPC)

Source: OpenStack User Survey, Oct. 2013

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OpenStack Has Already Won

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Global Penetration of OpenStack

Source: OpenStack User Survey, Oct. 2013

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OpenStack & SDN

• Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a similar

open concept in the networking market

• Open source code

• Open platforms

• Disaggregation of software and hardware

• Agility & Control (ACOLT)

• APIs can connect OpenStack environment to

SDN environments

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The Future of Cloud Infrastructure

• Hardware and software will be separated or

“disaggregated”

• Apps and data will be highly distributed

• Open will rule

• Analytics tools will be used to drive integration of

network, storage, and compute

• Increased automation, based on analytics

• Proprietary platforms are dying

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Resources

• OpenStack.org

• Rackspace.com OpenStack page

http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/openstack/

• 2014 Future of Open Source Survey

http://www.slideshare.net/mjskok/2014-future-of-

open-source-8th-annual-survey-results

• “SDN Revolution: An Ecosystem Report.”

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