Customers can deploy a rackspacedesigned, purposebuilt openstack private cloud in any data center, with an integrated, fully tested modular rack of hardware, software and services. Rackspace announces open source datacenter strategy. The foundations stated project mission is as follows. With boot camp style technical training from the open cloud academy, get handson with technology and build confidence to enter the it workforce. This article presents a variety of cloud architectural configurations that you could use for your business or personal project. Rackspace is also keen on increasing its use of technology based on the open compute project ocp, which is developing efficient open source designs for servers, storage and data centers. Oct 24, 20 for years, quanta computer has been building servers for facebook and rackspace based on design concepts advanced by the open compute project ocp. Project design and redfish api easier system level integration and reduce deployment costs over different systems. The openstack project is provided under the apache 2. Open compute project wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Organizations considering a move to cloud computing need to understand the different aspects of it and to assess their.
Racksolutions open rack v2 ocp rack features up to 48ou of rackable space for power shelves, servers and switches. Rackspace announces new line of servers, developed with. Openstack compute, which offers computing power through virtual machine and network management, and openstack object storage, which is. True open source solution rackspace private cloud powered by openstack uses only open source software and offers open source designed infrastructure components. Python bindings to the rackspace cloud servers api.
Facebook updates data centers with new ocp hardware. Instead, it is a general term that describes a variety of services, from iaas at the base, through paas as a development tool, to saas replacing onpremises applications. May 09, 2016 3 reasons why the open compute project isnt meeting the demands of mainstream it moor insights and strategy senior contributor opinions expressed by forbes contributors are their own. Join our global community of technology leaders working together to break open the black box of proprietary it infrastructure to achieve greater choice, customization, and cost savings. Rackspaces contribution of code to a new opensource project called openstack could help establish a counterweight to larger and proprietary players like amazons elastic compute cloud ec2. What happens to my kubernetes cluster if we discontinue rackspace kaas. The rackspace cloud is a set of cloud computing products and services billed on a utility computing basis from the usbased company rackspace.
It provides the core features of the openstack compute api v2. Rackspaces manufacturing partners include quanta and wiwynn a spinoff of wistron, with delta involved in the actual rack buildout. The project openstack also presents a validation process for the adoption and development of new standards. This means up to 36 kw of electrical output is available for each rack. Being an open source technology, the entire code can be modi.
It was only until 2011, when facebook decided to open up on how and what they were using in their datacenters by developing the open compute project which was co. Rackspace spins off openstack cloud computing project to. Jun 19, 2014 using the open compute project as a template, rackspace developed its new onmetal servers as a way to provide costeffective machines to potential clients who dont need all the bells and whistles of the more commoditized servers in the marketplace. Rackspace announces new line of servers, developed with the. Rackspace will replace robert bunger schneider electric as the project lead for the data center facility project. How open compute is a win for rackspace data center. Open compute continues to be a considerably lower cost option. Over the past five years, a new generation of hardware vendors has leveraged open source ocp designs to win business in the hyperscale computing market. Technology training in san antonio, texas open cloud academy.
Develop applications with openstack public cloud rackspace. The data center project would like to acknowledge the. Infrastructure design based on open compute project ocp specifications, purposebuilt for running an openstackcloud. Openstack offers open source software for openstack administrators to manage and troubleshoot an openstack cloud.
Rackspace, nasa open up cloud computing with openstack project. If you arent prepared to design your own gear, youll have the option of. Open compute project open frame rack racksolutions. It looks like we went to home depot to get those parts, doesnt it. The basic cloud architecture is a starting point that you can build on for future.
For rackspace users, you can select one of the following from the supported regions page. This paper looks at the origins of open compute, the drivers of change that made it a reality and its likely impact on the data center. Current board member companies are facebook, rackspace, intel, microsoft, and andreas bechtolsheim. Mar 03, 2016 managed cloud specialist rackspace has played a key role in adapting open compute project designs for multitenant data center environments. Rackspaces openstack targets amazons ec2 and cloud lock. In this case, however, the special 48 v ocp server hardware is supplied via an endtoend dc busbar for each rack.
Rackspace and nasa of teamed up to launch openstack, an open source cloud computing platform created to foster cloud adoption and. The open commute rack is designed to support up to 3 powerzones with 1 to 3 bus bars. Today quanta launched a line of hardware products making those open compute designs available to a broader pool of customers. Managed cloud specialist rackspace has played a key role in adapting open compute project designs for multitenant data center environments. The rackspace team provides a look inside its data centers and the process of integrating ocp equipment. Infrastructure design based on open compute project ocp specifications, purposebuilt for running an openstack cloud.
The open compute project s mission is to design and enable the delivery of efficient server, storage and data center hardware designs for scalable computing. The open compute project ocp is reimagining hardware, making it more efficient, flexible, and scalable. The open compute project foundation is a rapidly growing, global community. This is a client for the openstack compute api used by rackspace cloud and others. This project is supported by many companies in the world mainly in the u. The open compute project announced today that the rackspace lon5, a stateoftheart data centre facility located in crawley, west sussex achieved ocp ready status. Rackspace has the right infrastructure to finish your next project. The open compute project was first released by facebook in 2011. Quanta launches open compute solutions, including open rack. With 5g on the horizon, telcos embrace open compute. Acs immersion cooling sub project open compute project. The open rack uses an allencompassing design to accommodate compatible open. Mar 21, 2018 the open compute project ocp is a growing community of open source hardware hackers who are building on design innovations created for facebooks data centers.
Current board member companies are facebook, rackspace, intel, microsoft. The openstack compute service allows you to control an infrastructureasaservice iaas cloud computing platform. True opensource solution rackspace private cloud powered by openstack uses only opensource software and offers opensource designed infrastructure components. Rackspace s contribution of code to a new open source project called openstack could help establish a counterweight to larger and proprietary players like amazons elastic compute cloud ec2. Rackspace is a founding member of the open compute project and has worked closely with technology leaders who share a common vision for the future around open standards. The open compute project ocp is a growing community of open source hardware hackers who are building on design innovations created for facebooks data centers. Rackspace driver is based on the openstack driver so for more information about that and openstack specific documentation, please refer to openstack compute driver documentation page. It gives you control over instances and networks, and allows you to manage access to the cloud through users and projects. By embracing open technologies such as openstack and open compute, schools like utsa give their students an advantage in the tech world. Rackspace private cloud powered by openstack swift is a storage solution that delivers the scalability, agility. The rackspace private cloud object storage reference architecture supports the following software and infrastructure components.
The open compute project set out to start a revolution in data center hardware. The socialnetworking company has set up a foundation to promote its project to share datacentre hardware. Customers choose either a rackspace or red hat openstack configuration for their private cloud, and rackspace experts manage its endtoend deployment and. Jan 20, 2020 the rackspace cloud servers service powered by openstack is a fast, reliable, and scalable cloud compute solution without the risk of proprietary lockin. Gartner has named us a leader in its 2019 magic quadrant for public cloud infrastructure professional and managed service providers, worldwide. Nova supports creating virtual machines, baremetal servers through the use of ironic, and has limited support for system containers. Rackspaces openstack targets amazons ec2 and cloud lockin.
Each implements the entire openstack compute api as well as a few rackspaceonly addons. These ocp open commute racks ship fully assembled on a pallet. The rackspace developer center gives developers tools and resources to build powerful, scalable apps on the only cloud backed by the rackspace fanatical experience. Founded in 2011 by facebook, rackspace, intel over 200 members and growing globally. The installer should have no impact on any initiatives to avoid vendor lockin because it exists outside of the scope of what a user will be accessing or operating. Rackspace public cloud offers an expansive set of tools and technologies to help your business achieve and maintain growth.
The open compute project ocp, a 501c6 organization, is a collaborative global. This rackspace reference architecture for openstack is a deployment guide with verified, tested and designed software, hardware and network architecture to help build openstack deployments that can be supported and run by rackspace ongoing as the rackspace cloud. Rackspace to build custom servers, storage for cloud biz. Oct 28, 2011 facebook opens out open compute project. Offerings include cloud storage cloud files, virtual private server cloud servers, load balancers, databases, backup, and monitoring. The main components of this project are the open rack and equipment chassis that can be configured as a server rack, storage box, and more. Each implements the entire openstack compute api as well as a few rackspace only addons.
Open compute 20 rackspace hosting is getting into custom server design, and it is working with manufacturing partners with the open compute project to. The company believes that the ocp designs can help it reduce costs on hardware design and operations. The socialnetworking company has set up a foundation to promote its project to share datacentre hardware designs on an open source model, with the aim of. For rackspace users, a default will be provided if you pass in null. As rackspace and others feed the open compute project, jess and frankovksy say, those options will continue to expand. The open compute project ocp was developed by facebook and other hyperscale. The open compute projects mission is to design and enable the delivery of efficient server, storage and data center hardware designs for scalable computing. Rackspace compute driver documentation apache libcloud 2. Industry nonprofit focused on establishing open source hw, sw and systems management solutions for the data center market and beyond. A little over a year after nasa and hosting company rackspace launched openstack, the opensource cloudcomputing project is being spun off to an independent foundation to drive future development. Backed by thousands of engineers and industry experts, the rackspace public cloud allows you full control of your environment by eliminating vendor lock in and granting access to cutting edge features. As a founder of openstack, rackspace s work with the open compute project aligns with this vision. Jan 17, 20 open compute projectcompliant servers are designed to be vanity free, eliminating fancy packaging that adds cost and complexity. Rackspaces openstack targets cloud lockin computerworld.
The details of how these hyperscalers achieved these efficiencies were kept secret for many years. Using the open compute project as a template, rackspace developed its new onmetal servers as a way to provide costeffective machines to potential clients who dont need all the bells and. Utsa cloud and bigdata laboratory launches one of the. Nova runs as a set of daemons on top of existing linux servers to provide that service. As hardware born out of the open compute project starts to spread, what will be the.
The rackspace kubernetes installer is a fork of an open source project. Openstack, originally sponsored by rackspace and nasa, is free open source project that allows. Open hardware means more than saving money for rackspace. Utsa cloud and bigdata laboratory launches one of the largest. Compute project was founded in 2011 to address these. Rackspace driver supports working with legacy, firstgen cloud servers and nextgen openstack based cloud servers. For ease of use, all equipment installation and service operations are accessible from the front of the rack.
An ocp ready site complies with all site requirements for a colocation service provider to be able serve open compute project ocp customers and their hardware in its facilities. Requirements, specs, best practices and products which are related to immersion cooling. Founded in 2011 by facebook, intel, rackspace, goldman sachs and andy. With cloud managed services from rackspace you get full support of the worlds leading cloud platforms, saving you the pain and complexity of doing it yourself. Open hardware means more than saving money for rackspace february 19, 2016 timothy prickett morgan cloud, compute 0 the religious fervor of open source software has settled down and reality has settled in. Robert bunger has moved into the role of incubation committee representative, and will continue to provide support and guidance to brevan reyher and the data center facility. Rackspace entering server arena via open compute project. It was only until 2011, when facebook decided to open up on how and what they were using in their datacenters by developing the open compute project which was cofounded together with rackspace, goldman sachs and intel. Nova is the openstack project that provides a way to provision compute instances aka virtual servers.
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