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Very recently I came across a discussion with a banking corporation who are heavy users of VMware in all their Data Centre operations ..

They asked me a lot of questions in comparison with openstack vs other proprietary vendors (such as VMware. ).

As I am promoting OpenStack I need to clarify these questions raised by the organization.

I request your inputs for these queries .

1. Does OpenStack support Hyper Converged Infrastructure ?

Or any HCI vendors already with OpenStack solutions? Please share the URL/link of case studies of OpenStack HCI.

Any documentation/Reference to install openstack as HCI solution with supported H/W OEM details . I can try out ...

2. Is there any performance benchmark for openstack to compare with other such cloud stacks ( URL/reference links kindly share )

3. What is the market share of OpenStack all over the world ? ( If any statistics kindly share.)

Any survey reports available how many large and medium organizations are using Openstack distributions for private/public cloud use in production ?

4. Does OpenStack new versions support VDI(Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) solutions out of the box.? pls give a reference link / url for the same.

5. 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. )

6. What is the alternative of VMWARE Network Insights and VMWARE CodeStream and Vrealize Loginsights in OpenStack ?

7. Any major capability available in VMware cloud stack for which alternative is not available in OpenStack out of the box ?

8. Tools to maintain multiple OpenStack Cluster, any concept of Supervisory cluster available

9. Who all are the large organizations who deployed OpenStack as their alternative over proprietary solutions(eg: VMware cloud and virtualization products ..)

10. 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 ?

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 ?

Thanks in advance for your invaluable inputs.

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.

Krish