[Openstack-operators] European Operators

Matt Jarvis matt.jarvis at datacentred.co.uk
Fri Sep 18 10:47:41 UTC 2015


Thanks for that Tom - more than welcome ! I'll take a look at the wiki, and
try to get an etherpad up where we can start doing some initial planning.
It sounds like tags on this ML are the way to go.

On 18 September 2015 at 10:55, Tom Fifield <tom at openstack.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Foundation person here, at your service :)
>
> Most everything we know about the ops meetups is on the wiki @:
>
> https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Operations/Meetups
>
> including some data around those questions around logistics, structure, etc
>
> I'm not a "US folk", but I'd like to help organise, and probably wander
> over if you'll have me :) I've also got colleagues that are pretty good at
> this event planning logistics kind of thing that we can also ask for
> assistance. Maybe also cash :)
>
> As for the ML ... it seems like there is a great deal of interest on this
> mailing list in terms of how these kinds of events are run, based on the
> threads we had a few months back. We could perhaps start here and see how
> we go? I'm thinking that if there is a new ML justified by the traffic
> levels, it might be better to be named around organising ops events in
> general, rather than along geographical lines.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 18/09/15 15:43, Matt Jarvis wrote:
>
>> So judging from the responses so far, I'd say there is an appetite for
>> doing this. There are also a lot of folks who don't seem to be on this
>> list including most of the other European commercial providers so I've
>> started reaching out to the contacts I have there, and to the other
>> fairly large scale private operators we know in the UK and Europe. It
>> would be great if others could do the same around any contacts they have
>> in the European OpenStack community who may have missed this thread.
>>
>> So next steps - there's obviously a whole bunch of discussion to be had
>> around logistics, format, organisation etc. which is probably not best
>> placed on this list. Perhaps we can get an openstack-euoperators list on
>> lists.openstack.org <http://lists.openstack.org> set up ? Can someone
>> from the Foundation organise that for us ? It would also be great to
>> have some input from the US folks to guide us on format and structure as
>> we try and move this forward.
>>
>> Does that sound like a sensible first step ?
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> On 17 September 2015 at 18:26, Alessandro Pilotti
>> <apilotti at cloudbasesolutions.com
>> <mailto:apilotti at cloudbasesolutions.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     We (Cloudbase Solutions) have our HQ in Europe (Romania), so we’d be
>>     happy to take part in this.
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>     Alessandro
>>
>>
>>     On 17 Sep 2015, at 19:26, Matt Van Winkle <mvanwink at rackspace.com
>>>     <mailto:mvanwink at rackspace.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     We have some Operations folks in London.  Depending on the timing
>>>     of this, I  might be able to get some of them there as well.  With
>>>     the next full summit being in North America, it makes a lot of
>>>     sense to place the next Ops meet up in a different global
>>>     location.  There has been discussion of this before to increase
>>>     the chances of Operators being able to attend some portion of the
>>>     events throughout the year by distributing their locations.
>>>
>>>     Thanks!
>>>     VW
>>>
>>>     From:Tim Bell <Tim.Bell at cern.ch <mailto:Tim.Bell at cern.ch>>
>>>     Date:Thursday, September 17, 2015 11:05 AM
>>>     To:Matt Jarvis <matt.jarvis at datacentred.co.uk
>>>     <mailto:matt.jarvis at datacentred.co.uk>>, Neil Jerram
>>>     <Neil.Jerram at metaswitch.com <mailto:Neil.Jerram at metaswitch.com>>
>>>     Cc:"openstack-operators at lists.openstack.org
>>>     <mailto:openstack-operators at lists.openstack.org>"
>>>     <openstack-operators at lists.openstack.org
>>>     <mailto:openstack-operators at lists.openstack.org>>
>>>     Subject:Re: [Openstack-operators] European Operators
>>>
>>>     We could probably find one or more of the CERN operations team to
>>>>     come along too from the 3 OpenStack clouds we’ve got here.____
>>>>     __ __
>>>>     Tim____
>>>>     __ __
>>>>     *From:*Matt Jarvis [mailto:matt.jarvis at datacentred.co.uk]
>>>>     *Sent:*17 September 2015 15:09
>>>>     *To:*Neil Jerram <Neil.Jerram at metaswitch.com
>>>>     <mailto:Neil.Jerram at metaswitch.com>>
>>>>     *Cc:*openstack-operators at lists.openstack.org
>>>>     <mailto:openstack-operators at lists.openstack.org>
>>>>     *Subject:*Re: [Openstack-operators] European Operators____
>>>>     __ __
>>>>     Don't see why not. Let's see what the overall interest is first
>>>>     :)____
>>>>     __ __
>>>>     On 17 September 2015 at 13:41, Neil Jerram
>>>>     <Neil.Jerram at metaswitch.com <mailto:Neil.Jerram at metaswitch.com>>
>>>>     wrote:____
>>>>
>>>>>     Are Europe-based developers/vendors welcome too?  My project
>>>>>     (Calico) is always keen to understand more about operator
>>>>>     interests and requirements, so I'd be very happy to be there.
>>>>>
>>>>>         Neil____
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     On 17/09/15 13:17, Matt Jarvis wrote:____
>>>>>
>>>>>>     I'm thinking we'll let this thread run for a day or so and
>>>>>>     hopefully gather a few more interested parties, then take the
>>>>>>     conversation off-list and see what the consensus is from those
>>>>>>     who've expressed an interest about how we might move this
>>>>>>     forward ? ____
>>>>>>     __ __
>>>>>>     On 17 September 2015 at 13:04, Tom Fifield <tom at openstack.org
>>>>>>     <mailto:tom at openstack.org>> wrote:____
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     Cool :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     When are you guys free?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     On 17/09/15 17:42, Paulo Espada Pereira wrote:
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     > Very good idea!
>>>>>>>     > Count with me.
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     > *Paulo Pereira*
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     > Senior Systems Operations Manager, FlowCloud
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     > Imagination Technologies Limited
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     > t:+44 (0)1923 260511 <tel:%2B44%20%280%291923%20260511>
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >www.imgtec.com <http://www.imgtec.com/><http://www.imgtec.com/>
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>     > *From:*matthias.britsch at telekom.de
>>>>>>>     <mailto:matthias.britsch at telekom.de>[matthias.britsch at telekom.de
>>>>>>>     <mailto:matthias.britsch at telekom.de>]
>>>>>>>     > *Sent:* 17 September 2015 10:09
>>>>>>>     > *To:*openstack-operators at lists.openstack.org
>>>>>>>     <mailto:openstack-operators at lists.openstack.org>
>>>>>>>     > *Subject:* Re: [Openstack-operators] European Operators
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     > I would be interested as well.
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     > Best regards,       Matthias
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     > *Von:*Olivier Cant [mailto:olivier.cant at exxoss.com <mailto:
>>>>>>> olivier.cant at exxoss.com>]
>>>>>>>     > *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 17. September 2015 10:09
>>>>>>>     > *An:*openstack-operators at lists.openstack.org
>>>>>>>     <mailto:openstack-operators at lists.openstack.org>
>>>>>>>     > *Betreff:* Re: [Openstack-operators] European Operators
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     > Also very intrested.
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     > Olivier
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     > On 17/09/15S38 10:02, Salman Toor wrote:
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >     Hi,
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >     Why Not!
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >     I think its a great Idea. I want to join.
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >     Regards..
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >     Salman
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >     PhD, Scientific Computing
>>>>>>>     >     Researcher, IT Department,
>>>>>>>     >     Uppsala University.
>>>>>>>     >     Cloud Application Expert,
>>>>>>>     >     UPPMAX.
>>>>>>>     >     Visiting Researcher,
>>>>>>>     >     Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP).
>>>>>>>     >salman.toor at it.uu.se
>>>>>>>     <mailto:salman.toor at it.uu.se><mailto:salman.toor at it.uu.se
>>>>>>>     <mailto:salman.toor at it.uu.se>>
>>>>>>>     >http://www.it.uu.se/katalog/salto690
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >         On 17 Sep 2015, at 09:52, Matt Jarvis
>>>>>>>     >         <matt.jarvis at datacentred.co.uk
>>>>>>>     <mailto:matt.jarvis at datacentred.co.uk>
>>>>>>>     >         <mailto:matt.jarvis at datacentred.co.uk
>>>>>>>     <mailto:matt.jarvis at datacentred.co.uk>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >         Hi All
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >         Don't know how many European folks are on this list,
>>>>>>> but just
>>>>>>>     >         wondering if there's any interest in a European
>>>>>>> Operators meet up ?
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >         Matt
>>>>>>>     >
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>>>>>>     __ __
>>>>>>     --____
>>>>>>     Matt Jarvis____
>>>>>>     Head of Cloud Computing
>>>>>>     DataCentred____
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