Containerize all things? Containers seem to be the only answer these days for how applications should be deployed, especially in the web-scale and microservices systems models. In jumping on the container bandwagon, most developers see a real benefit in a reduction in the operations burden needed to implement a service, …
Is Your Team Ready for OpenStack?
Our CTO, Robert Starmer, published an article in CIO Review’s special OpenStack issue. It provides guidance in evaluating if OpenStack really is the appropriate cloud solution for your business and if your organization is in a position to actually start using it. To read the article, click the link below: …
Can’t our networks just get along? P-V converged networks can help
PLUMgrid hosted the San Francisco Bay Area OpenStack meetup this week, and we had a presentation by Gaetano Borgione on OpenStack integrated networks. I think his presentation can be summed up as follows: Virtual and Physical networks need to be cooperatively integrated from some form of central management ‘controller’, and …
Video: Top 5 Takeaways from the Vancouver Kilo/Liberty OpenStack Summit
DefCore, the Big Tent, containers, Ironic, Puppet…. there was a lot going on at the most recent OpenStack summit. Cloud technologist and OpenStack expert Robert Starmer was there the entire week. In this video, he distills that week and downloads his top 5 (of course) key tidbits about the state of OpenStack …
Video Tutorial: DIY OpenStack – Deploy with RedHat’s PackStack on two Cisco UCS B200 Blade Servers
Building OpenStack with PackStack on two UCS B200 Blade Servers Robert Starmer shares how to set up a CentOS-based OpenStack system with PackStack on physical hardware – two Cisco B200 blade servers. Along with the pragmatic, step-by-step process, learn about best practices and some options you might consider when running through …