<div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Hi Krish,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please find inline comment based my experience on banking implementation.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best regards.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:29:01 +0530<br>
From: KK CHN <<a href="mailto:kkchn.in@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">kkchn.in@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
Subject: Few Open Questions: Openstack vs Proprietary cloud stacks<br>
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List,<br>
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Very recently I came across a discussion with a banking corporation who<br>
are heavy users of VMware in all their Data Centre operations ..<br>
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They asked me a lot of questions in comparison with openstack vs other<br>
proprietary vendors (such as VMware. ).<br>
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As I am promoting OpenStack I need to clarify these questions raised by<br>
the organization.<br>
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I request your inputs for these queries .<br>
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1. Does OpenStack support Hyper Converged Infrastructure ?<br>
Or any HCI vendors already with OpenStack solutions? Please share the<br>
URL/link of case studies of OpenStack HCI.<br>
Any documentation/Reference to install openstack as HCI solution with<br>
supported H/W OEM details . I can try out ...<br></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Yes, I have experienced with HCI by using OpenStack and Ceph.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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2. Is there any performance benchmark for openstack to compare with other<br>
such cloud stacks ( URL/reference links kindly share )<br></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have done some performance test by using CBTool which is the corr of SPEC Cloud IaaS benchmark. So, so the result can be compared with published SPEC Cloud IaaS result as long it has same benchmark parameters.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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3. What is the market share of OpenStack all over the world ? ( If any<br>
statistics kindly share.)<br>
Any survey reports available how many large and medium organizations are<br>
using Openstack distributions for private/public cloud use in production ?<br></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Maybe you can refer to OpenStack surveys. It seem that on any forms (including customized), OpenStack os popular for public cloud.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
4. Does OpenStack new versions support VDI(Virtual Desktop Infrastructure)<br>
solutions out of the box.? pls give a reference link / url for the same.<br></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Actually, VDI consists managed desktop VMs. I haven't use it but maybe Guacamole can be used for VDI on OpenStack.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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5. What is the alternative for VROPS and VRA (including self service<br>
capabilities, Blueprint/Template based deployment) in OpenStack and any<br>
comparative study on the capabilities available. ( Please share inputs if<br>
any to refer. )<br></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">OpenStack includes self service capability. Yes, it has template based deployment like Heat and catalog based deployment like Murano.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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6. What is the alternative of VMWARE Network Insights and VMWARE CodeStream and Vrealize Loginsights in OpenStack ?<br></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I use other open source products for monitoring and log analysis. Somethink like Prometheus, Loki, etc.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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7. Any major capability available in VMware cloud stack for which<br>
alternative is not available in OpenStack out of the box ?<br></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have no idea about this. But it is hard to have apple to apple comparison.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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8. Tools to maintain multiple OpenStack Cluster, any concept of<br>
Supervisory cluster available</blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">There are some cloud management products which are compatible with OpenStack. But for me, Ansible and/or BASH scripting are good enough.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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9. Who all are the large organizations who deployed OpenStack as their<br>
alternative over proprietary solutions(eg: VMware cloud and virtualization<br>
products ..)<br></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have no idea with this.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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10. Does OpenInfra Foundation also provide direct support For OpenStack<br>
Deployment ? If yes Kindly share the link / url where to contact<br>
/approach for paid support ? in case the clients need paid support ?<br></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It seem OpenInfra doesn't, but OpenInfra member do. CMIIW.</div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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11. Regarding security of cloud environments /infrastructure, what are the<br>
USPs of OpenStack cloud security over other competing cloud middleware<br>
providers ? and the vulnerability handling model/mechanism in production ?<br></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">On OpenStack, every tenants can be fully isolated. Anyway, some security products may have another approach to enhance the security. Floating IP concept is good for hiding non service (externally) instance.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Thanks in advance for your invaluable inputs.<br>
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Each and every input from each member is valuable for me to showcase as<br>
solid proofs to defend and promote the openstack over proprietary market<br>
leaders.<br>
<br>
Krish<br>
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