openstack

Do we get to a day where Oracle runs on OpenStack and not just only cloud-native apps?

will we see Microsoft or more Google (other than Kubernetes) deeper into OpenStack?

I recently learned of a large bank running Oracle on OpenStack in production, and SAP is also doing a lot to support OpenStack. SAP is doing a keynote in Austin, in fact.

@stu Google seems to be getting more involved. They are Foundation members and recently rolled out Cinder backup to GCP https://goo.gl/2IGQz...

I keep hearing that there is a proposal to add vMotion-like functionality to OpenStack. Is that the last piece needed to get traditional apps on OpenStack?

yes it's great to see google involved, and in fact @cmcluck is joining my keynote to talk about how kubernetes and OpenStack along with @polvi of coreos - Tuesday morning April 26

@bgracely this is delivered by a combination of API hooks for e.g. Nova hooked into existing HA tools (e.g. Pacemaker) number of vendors have this working now, still more failure types to be handled in future though.

@bgracely That and VM HA. @russellbryant has written a bunch about it.

@bgracely features like the "mark host down" API added by OPNFV folks allow external HA tools to do their job more efficiently in terms of recovery times in case of e.g. node failure

@xsgordon OPNFV has been working in the community to help OpenStack evolve to meet the needs of the Telecom industry. Collaboration is key!

Getting there: https://apps.opensta... (and more focused on consuming Oracle versus deploying)

is there a place that people can email you if they'd like to be a guest on theCUBE as an end-user?

I saw @sparkycollier talk about Mitaka being more focused on operations and running the platform. Would love to understand more.

Be particularly interested in hearing what end users are excited about.

OpenStack Client is really maturing as a standard way to interact with OpenStack powered clouds

@sparkycollier That's big. The recent user survey cited APIs as the top reason 4 deploying OpenStack.

From an operational perspective it's great to see rolling upgrade support making its way to more projects, incl. Cinder in Mitaka.

A lot of the user driven improvements were directly from users like Comcast, Time Warner Cable, China Mobile, Yahoo!, Walmart, Deutsche Telekom who've been running in production over time.

also for operators, the ability to combine the distributed virtual router feature with high availability of the layer 3 agent in OpenStack Networking (Neutron)

Deployments are still being cited as pain points. What has improved there with Mitaka?

@xsgordon it's still strange that functionality like "rolling upgrades" doesn't make it into all projects. this is why people struggle with how to understand OpenStack.

@kenhuiny Great point, 97% of users said having a standard API & platform were top business drivers for selecting openstack

@bgracely did someone say something about a big tent?

@bgracely I would hope this would make it into at least the core projects. But then we need to define the core projects. :)

the user survey is a great resource - April 2016 data just released https://www.openstac...

In general, how stable is Neutron in Mitaka? That's an area that is frequently called out as needed more work. Is it production ready?

@bgracely The user survey shows that over 90% (i think?) of deployments are using Neutron, so I'd say so. There's still a lot of variation on the backend, though.

@kenhuiny another aspect is where you can/can't tolerate downtime - arguable different level of need for infra building blocks (neutron, cinder, nova) versus IaaS+ (trove, sahara, etc.) IMO

@xsgordon e.g. Nova rolling upgrades got people a long way, because the VMs stay up while we move everything else around them.

most users are running Neutron in production for the past 2 or 3 releases and with Liberty we actually heard really positive feedback. Mitaka took the stability of Liberty and added some ease of setup improvements for operators.

@russellbryant <- what he said

@sparkycollier it also seems like we are gradually seeing less people stuck many versions behind current releases too - just my eyeball test though

Welcome everyone! I'll be there with a large Rackspace contingent. Looking forward to a great Summit.

Hi everyone from sunny (actually!) Toronto, also looking forward to a great #OpenStack summit back in Austin.

I live in Austin so it's a short uber ride for me. Looking forward to welcoming everyone to Austin!

checking in from RTP

tuning in today from DC@stu

Hello everyone! I'm based in Charleston, SC.

Reston, VA

Coming in from Dallas with Big Switch Networks - looking forward to it!

Coming in from just north of Portland, OR for my 2nd full Summit.

Coming from MA as well!