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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m working on a startup that aims to rent dedicated servers to tech startups, and I would like to use OpenStack to manage the servers I rent out.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I saw on the OpenStack Foundation YouTube channel there was a video there about using OpenStack to manage bare metal, but the presenter in the video had such a strong accent that I couldn’t understand anything they were saying & didn’t learn a thing from the video.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m interested in learning the basics about what OpenStack can do with bare metal, and what its limitations are when deployed in this manner.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Would someone kindly direct me to resources that would explain this to me please?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If anyone else has experience in this use case I’d love to hear from you to learn from your experience.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chris<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>