Success with OpenStackFrank WeynsDirector , OpenStack Internat ional

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Frank: Open Source and OpenStack

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10Data Centers Worldwide on 4 continents

Rackspace by the Numbers, End of Year 2015

6,000+

Annualized Revenue$2.0B

69 100

OFTHE

WE SERVEFORTUNE®

$684MAdjusted EBITDA

120+ COUNTRIES

100,000+Physical Servers

Rackers 3,000+Cloud Engineers

#1 Cloud ProviderFor the World’s Top 1,000 eCommerce Sites

#1 in Managed CloudAs Recognized by Gartner in North America and Europe

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Why Rackspace for OpenStack

We make OpenStack SIMPLE

We eliminate complexities by delivering OpenStack “as a service” and backing it with an industry-leading 99.99% uptime SLA.

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Our Customers: (And some of them are real partners.)

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Back To OpenStack…..•How many Nodes do you Run ?– 1 (All-in-one)– 10– 100– 1000 (Also for you !!!! Ask me after the presentation )– +10.000 (I have to stop here from Finance ….)

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So how do we do this ?

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OpenStack is complex: (sorry, it is.)

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Rules and Guidelines. • If it does not run a production workload it does not make money.• The world of 9-to-5 doesn’t exist.– So everything needs 24/7 support, be prepared.

• Don’t reinvent the wheel. (But improve with feedback and code)• Scale matters• Know the difference between Pets and Cattle. (Workload)– So everybody knows that Cattle has rights too.. (HA is important.)

• A dedicated team is a must.– (May be the best kept secret in the world …)

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We don’t want to create this …..

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But This

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RACKSPACE INTEGRATED SYSTEMS – COMPUTE

• Our pre-integrated rack includes:– 24 servers each with 2 x Intel 10-core

processors– 256GB of memory– 2.8TB of RAID 10 SSD storage– 2 x 10Gb HA-bonded network interfaces– 2 x Top of Rack switches with 40Gb of HA-

bonded uplink connectivity.

• Available for customers hosting their private cloud with Rackspace in the US, UK and ….

6x F06D (24 Nodes)

2x E5-2660v3256GB DDR4-2133QCT/LSI 3008 HBA6x 960GB SSD4x 10G NIC (X520)

2x Nexus 9372PX1x WS C2960X-24-TD-L

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Or more specific ……

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And only l ike this…..Small, medium and LARGE

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Best Practices.• Configurations, not Customizations.– Standard building blocks, and properly configured, suit 99% of the

needs.• Try to patch more then a 100 clouds on a night when every one is

different• Make OpenStack consumable in an easy way to your (internal)

customers.• Kiss, Don’t make it to difficult. • Never forget the workload.• Step-by-Step• Sometimes two clouds are better than one (test, production etc..)

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Frank’s tips …. But shoot me and your questions …• If you want to start/continue with OpenStack …

• Qualify your organization, team and yourself (Are you ready for OpenStack ?)• Learn the architecture but not the details.• Why OpenStack? Devops ? Workload ? A complete Vmware migration ?• Be open to learn and change

• Again Workload is important, and yes some pets work nice on OpenStack

• People are the most important. • Always work with a partner… And focus on your core business.

• (A good one adds value and not a lock-in.. And we also have partners ……)

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Thank you very MuchGo and Do OpenStackHave Fun !!Frank Weyns, Let’s have a talk or call me at +31 6 41915353