open cloud storage @ openstack summit paris

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Open cloud storage.

Building a flexible and large-scale

software-defined storage platform for OpenStack.

Michael Kienle, CEO

it-novum GmbH

[email protected]


Open Business Solutions. Delivered!

Mission:

Helping customers to build and run a 100% Open

Source / Software-Defined Datacenter


Benefits of smart SDS in cloud environments

Elastic performance and capacity

Multi-tenant service separation

SAN, NAS and Object store access

Storage efficiency

Integrated data protection

Based on open standards, open API

Flexibility, stability, availability

With OpenStack, you have the choice…legacy,

commodity or/and SDS? Features without

vendor lock-in!


Data growth needs to be managed automatically and way cheaper

Huge cost savings by using commodity hardware and Open Source software the SDS-way…

Reducing vendor lock-in through open standards

The incumbent players are perfect in securing their huge margins by bundling

Standardization enables automation & abstraction of software from hardware

Open Source gained strength through open APIs and commodity hardware

Open Source Storage – the smarter choice!


ITSM

i-doit & OTRS

Umbrella Monitoring

openITCOCKPIT

Cloud Management

OpenStack & …

Reporting

Pentaho

Billing, Backup,...

SAP, SEP sesam

Configuration

Deployment

Services & Tools

OP

EN

AP

I

Web

CLI

Apps

Status

Checking

Application

Management

AccessSamba, NFS,

AFP, iSCSI, FC

AvailabilityDRBD, Pacemaker, Corosync,

...

EfficiencyZFS, LVM, BTFRS, XFS

BackupSnapshotting, Tape-Backup, ...

AnalyzingopenITCOCKPIT, Nagios, ...

Backend

Core

Frontend

openATTIC Framework

Framework Architecture: SDS & Open Source

Interfaces


Use Cases for open SDS in an OpenStack Environment

Manage your commodity storage nodes in an OpenStack environment with an intuitive GUI

Automate provisioning of resources through an open API not covered by Cinder API

Provide your storage infrastructure with built-in high availability and redundancy

Monitor every storage configuration item instantly without manual work

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Manage your Commodity Storage Nodes with an intuitive GUI

OpenStack automates provisioning processes. But: OpenStack does not manage your storage nodes

You need a storage operating system for commodity storage platforms

Single point of administration for all underlying Open Source storage tools

Enriched with dashboards and configuration wizards that are easy to use

Advantages of Linux platform (security, reliability, etc.), maximum of usability & full OpenStack integration

1Easy Management of Commodity Storage


2More than just another Cinder Integration

Open API provides automated provisioning of resources not covered by Cinder API

LegendPersistent volume control

Persistent volume data

VM instance

Nova

/dev/vda

iSCSI

initiator

Cinder

KVM

iSCSI

target Copy Snapshot functionalityConsistent Snapshots of applications

Cluster functionality

MirroringMonitoring

High Availability

Lots more….you can even contribute!

Volume create/deleteSnapshot create/deleteVolume attach/detach (called by Nova)Create Volume from SnapshotCopy Image to Volume / Volume to ImageGet Volume Stats, Clone VolumeExtend Volume

Traditional data center


Provide your Storage Infrastructure with built-In High Availability and Redundancy

3High Availability for OpenStack Storage

OpenStack doesn’t bring High Availability out-of-the-box

You need fully integrated & turnkey high availability without the hassle

What is the right HA setup (local/metro, sync/async, #cluster nodes,…)? Well, it depends…

…on your data center policy

…on the know-how of your employees

…on your Linux distribution

With linux-based openATTIC you are flexible to fulfill your requirements by using Ceph, DRBD®, Corosync, Pacemaker, ...


Monitor every storage configuration item instantly without manual tasks

The integration of Cinder is way to fragmentary yet :)

Instantly monitors every added storage object (e.g. with Nagios)

Send all storage events to your umbrella monitoring system for event correlation

Report agreed service levels based on your storage environment

Plan the needed capacity for your next application of investment

4Automated Storage Monitoring with integrated Event Management


Data is growing at 40% per year and becoming one of the most important cost factors. Cloud

Computing, Big Data and the Internet of Things drive data capacity needs much faster than

hardware prices can fall. openATTIC helps you to manage storage efficiently and automatically.

openATTIC is the leading Software-Defined Storage platform built 100% on Open Source.

On your commodity hardware or a pre-configured hardened, performance-optimized and

scalable appliance.

Boost your cloud and

scale out your data center

Software-defined Storage

100% Open Source

Why openATTIC?


openATTIC Features

Open

API

Object

Store

Cloud Storage

Application

Snapshotting

HA &

Monitoring

Smart SDS

HDFS, CephFS,

btrfs, zfs, xfs

FC, iSCSI

NFS, CIFS

Unified Storage

Trust in Open SourceIncrease agility, simplify management and radically reduce costs.

Without compromises on availability, reliability or functionality.


Thank you for your attention

Trust in Open SourceIncrease agility, simplify management and radically reduce costs.

Without compromises on availability, reliability or functionality.

You see, currently Cinder is just not enough for enterprise-grade scenarios.

Join the community openattic.org & feel free to contribute

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