What Is OpenStack?
There is a lot of buzz in the industry around OpenStack. The open source cloud operating system, first released in 2010, has gained considerable momentum over the past half- decade. Its name is used alongside major players in both the public cloud, as well as in private cloud product environments. These comparisons are made with good reason, as we have observed a significant upswing in organizations taking an interest in finding out about how OpenStack may become a part of their environment and long-term cloud strategy.
This white paper provides an introduction to OpenStack and its brief history, as well as a summary of VMTurbo’s contributions to the community.
OpenStack Defined
According to the definition at OpenStack.org:“OpenStack is a cloud operating system that controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a datacenter, all managed through a dashboard that gives administrators control while empowering their users to provision resources through a web interface.”
