<div dir="ltr"><div>List,</div><div><br></div><div>Very recently  I came across a discussion with a banking corporation who are  heavy users of VMware in all their Data Centre operations ..</div><div><br></div><div>They asked me a  lot of questions in comparison with openstack vs other proprietary vendors (such as  VMware.   ). <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>As I am promoting OpenStack  I need to clarify these questions raised by the organization. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I request your inputs for these queries .<br></div><div><br></div><div>1. Does OpenStack  support Hyper Converged Infrastructure ? <br></div><div> Or any HCI vendors already  with OpenStack solutions? Please share the URL/link of case studies of OpenStack HCI.  <br></div><div> Any documentation/Reference  to install openstack as HCI solution  with supported H/W OEM details . I can try out ...<br></div><div><br></div><div>2. Is there any performance benchmark for openstack to compare with other such cloud stacks  ( URL/reference links kindly share )</div><div><br></div><div>3. What is the market share of OpenStack all over the world ? ( If any statistics kindly share.) <br></div><div> Any survey reports available how many large and medium organizations are using Openstack distributions for  private/public cloud use in production ?</div><div><br></div><div>4. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none">Does OpenStack new versions support VDI(Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) solutions out of the box.? pls give a reference link / url for the same.<br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none">5.  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><span></span>What is the alternative for VROPS and VRA (including self service capabilities, Blueprint/Template based deployment) in OpenStack and any comparative study on the capabilities available.   ( Please share inputs if any to refer. )</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><br></span></div><div>6. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none">What is the alternative of VMWARE Network Insights and VMWARE CodeStream and Vrealize  Loginsights  in  OpenStack ?</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none">7.  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><span></span>Any major capability available in VMware cloud stack for which alternative is not available in OpenStack out of the box<span> ?<br></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><span><br></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><span>8.  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><span></span>Tools to maintain multiple OpenStack Cluster, any concept of Supervisory cluster available</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><br></span></span></span></span></div><div>9. Who all are the large organizations who deployed OpenStack as their alternative over proprietary solutions(eg: VMware cloud and virtualization products ..)</div><div><br></div><div>10. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:monospace,"Courier New";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none">Does OpenInfra Foundation also provide direct support For OpenStack  Deployment ?  If yes  Kindly share the link / url where to contact /approach for paid support ? in case the clients need paid support ?<br></span></div><div><br></div><div>11. Regarding security of cloud  environments /infrastructure, what are the USPs of OpenStack cloud security  over other competing cloud middleware providers ? and the vulnerability handling model/mechanism in production ? <br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance for your  invaluable inputs. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Each and every input from each member is valuable for me to showcase as solid proofs to defend and promote the openstack over proprietary market leaders. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Krish<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>