comparing openstack distributions for vmware vsphere
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Comparing VMware Supported OpenStack Solutions
Kenneth HuiDirector of Technical Marketing
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Speaker Bios
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Kenneth Hui
• Director of Technical Marketing at Platform9
• Previously: EMC, Rackspace, VCE
• OpenStack Ambassador, VMware vExpert
Amrish Kapoor•Software Engineer at Platform9•Architected vSphere integration•Previously: Technical leadership roles at
Microsoft
Platform9
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Platform9’s mission is to make private clouds easy for any enterprise at any scale
The Platform9 Mission
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Cloud Management-as-a-Service
• Enterprise’s servers host their data
• Platform9 hosts the OpenStack controller as a Service, with an SLA
• No need to install, monitor, troubleshoot or upgrade OpenStack
Platform9 Managed OpenStack
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Key Benefits
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Why VMware vSphere With OpenStack?
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• Massive installed base for VMware vSphere• ~6M ESXi servers,
~100M Virtual Machines
• >50% of Virtualization market
Background
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Why vSphere
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• Best hypervisor for traditional workloads
• On-ramp from virtualized infrastructure to cloud
• Customers have existing investments in vSphere
• Customers want best-fit solutions
Why vSphere With OpenStack
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OpenStack Is Not A Hypervisor
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• OpenStack Compute is a manager of hypervisors
• OpenStack can manage multiple hypervisors – https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/HypervisorSupportMatrix
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How The Integration Works
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Who Supports vSphere?
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vSphere with OpenStack
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Distribution Managed Service
EasyStack EScloud Aptira Private Cloud
HP Helion OpenStack Kio Networks Koolfit
Huawei FusionSphere Platform9
IBM Cloud Manager Tata Communications Enterprise Private Cloud
Mirantis OpenStack
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
SUSE Cloud
Ubuntu OpenStack
VMware Integrated OpenStack
• Source: OpenStack Marketplace - https://www.openstack.org/marketplace/
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HP Helion OpenStack
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HP Helion OpenStack
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Compatibility• Supports vSphere 5.1 and 5.5 • Supports Distributed vSwitch with Netutron • Supports NSX with Neutron
Interoperability• Supports any hardware also supported by vSphere • Does not manage existing workloads; migration required • Creating new Glance images required
Deployment• Assumes greenfield deployment • Installation using TripleO • Integration via a vCenter proxy OVA • Requires OVSvApp VM to be on each ESXi host for network support
Operations• New VMs must be created via OpenStack • Upgrades performed by customers using TripleO • Monitoring and troubleshooting performed by customers
Multi-Hypervisor Support • KVM • vSphere
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Mirantis OpenStack
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Mirantis OpenStack
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Compatibility• Supports vSphere 5.1 and 5.5 • Supports Distributed vSwitch with Nova-networks and Neutron • Supports NSX with Neutron
Interoperability• Supports any hardware also supported by vSphere • Does not manage existing workloads; migration required • Creating new Glance images required
Deployment• Assumes greenfield deployment • Installation using Fuel • Integration via compute node with vCenter driver running on a
Controller node
Operations• New VMs must be created via OpenStack • OpenStack upgrades performed by customers using Fuel • Monitoring and troubleshooting performed by customers
Multi-Hypervisor Support• Hyper-V • KVM • vSphere • Xen
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RHEL OSP
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RHEL OSP
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Compatibility• Supports vSphere 5.1 and 5.5 • Supports Distributed vSwitch with Nova-networks and Neutron • Support of NSX with Neutron planned
Interoperability• Supports any hardware also supported by vSphere • Does not manage existing workloads; migration required • Convert existing VMs to Glance image using virt-v2v tool
Deployment• Assumes greenfield deployment • Installation using Packstack • Integration via compute node with vCenter driver
Operations• New VMs must be created via OpenStack • OpenStack upgrades performed by customers using TripleO • Monitoring and troubleshooting performed by customers
Multi-Hypervisor Support • KVM • vSphere
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VMware Integrated OpenStack
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VMware Integrated OpenStack
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Compatibility• Supports vSphere 5.5 and 6.0 • Supports Distributed vSwitch with Neutron • Supports NSX with Neutron
Interoperability• Supports any hardware also supported by vSphere • Does not manage existing workloads; migration required • Creating new Glance images required
Deployment• Assumes greenfield deployment • Installation using Integrated OpenStack Manager OVA • Integration via compute node VM with vCenter driver
Operations• New VMs must be created via OpenStack • OpenStack upgrades performed by customers using Integrated
OpenStack Manager • Monitoring and troubleshooting performed by customers
Multi-Hypervisor Support • vSphere
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Platform9
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Platform9vSphere Gateway
MetadataUpdates
OrchestrationCommands
Users
vCenter
IT
Self-service Policy, Administration Persistence, Updates,Monitoring, HA
Stateless, lightweight
VM Operations
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Platform9
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Compatibility• Supports vSphere 5.1 and 5.5 • Supports Distributed vSwitch with Nova-networks • Support of Distributed vSwitch and NSX with Neutron planned
Interoperability• Supports any hardware also supported by vSphere • Able to manage existing workloads without migration • Able to use vSphere templates as Glance images
Deployment• Supports both brownfield and greenfield deployment • No installation of OpenStack by customers • Integration via OVA with vCenter driver
Operations• VMs can be created via OpenStack or vSphere Web Client • OpenStack upgrades performed by Platform9 • Monitoring and troubleshooting shared by customers and Platform9
Multi-Hypervisor Support • KVM • vSphere
Summary
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• Best hypervisor for traditional workloads
• On-ramp from virtualized infrastructure to cloud
• Customers have existing investments in vSphere
• Customers want best-fit solutions
Why vSphere With OpenStack
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vSphere with OpenStack
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Distribution Managed Service
EasyStack EScloud Aptira Private Cloud
HP Helion OpenStack Kio Networks Koolfit
Huawei FusionSphere Platform9
IBM Cloud Manager Tata Communications Enterprise Private Cloud
Mirantis OpenStack
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
SUSE Cloud
Ubuntu OpenStack
VMware Integrated OpenStack
• Source: OpenStack Marketplace - https://www.openstack.org/marketplace/
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Summary
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HP Helion Mirantis Red Hat VMware Platform9
Pros• Supports DVS and
NSX with Neutron • Customer retains full
control • Some multi-
hypervisor support
• Supports DVS and NSX with Neutron
• Customer retains full control
• Most multi-hypervisors supported
• Tooling to support VM conversion/migration
• Customer retains full control
• Some multi-hypervisor support
• Supports vSphere 6.0 • Supports DVS and
NSX with Neutron • Customer retains full
control
• Ability to managed existing workloads
• Customers focus on their strengths & not on OpenStack
• Some multi-hypervisor support
Cons• No support for
brownfield • Customer bears
burden of OpenStack management
• No support for brownfield
• Customer bears burden of OpenStack management
• No NSX support • No support for
brownfield • Customer bears
burden of OpenStack management
• No support for brownfield
• Customer bears burden of OpenStack management
• Only vSphere supported
• No NSX support • Customers cede
control of OpenStack management
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Resources
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• The OpenStack Marketplacehttps://www.openstack.org/marketplace/
• Explaining How VMware vSphere Integrates With OpenStackhttp://blog.platform9.com/explaining-how-vmware-vsphere-integrates-with-openstack/
• The Easy Button For VMware Private Cloud Is Here!http://blog.platform9.com/the-easy-button-for-vmware-private-cloud-is-here/
• Making Platform9 The Best OpenStack Cloud For VMware vSpherehttp://blog.platform9.com/making-platform9-the-best-openstack-cloud-for-vmware-vsphere/
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