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OpenStack Reviews & Product Details

OpenStack is an open-source cloud operating system that enables the management and orchestration of large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a data center. It provides a unified platform for deploying both public and private clouds, offering users and administrators a comprehensive suite of tools to control and provision resources efficiently. With its modular architecture, OpenStack supports a wide range of workloads, from traditional virtual machines to containerized applications, making it a versatile solution for organizations seeking scalable and flexible cloud infrastructure. Key Features and Functionality: - Compute Management: OpenStack's Nova component allows for the provisioning and management of large networks of virtual machines, supporting various hypervisors and container technologies. - Networking: Through the Neutron module, OpenStack offers pluggable, scalable, and API-driven network and IP management, facilitating complex networking configurations and services. - Storage Solutions: OpenStack provides both object storage (Swift) and block storage (Cinder) services, catering to diverse storage needs and ensuring data availability and redundancy. - Dashboard Interface: The Horizon dashboard offers a web-based interface for administrators and users to manage and provision cloud resources, enhancing usability and accessibility. - Orchestration and Automation: With components like Heat and Mistral, OpenStack enables orchestration of cloud applications and workflows, automating resource management and deployment processes. Primary Value and Solutions Provided: OpenStack addresses the need for a flexible and scalable cloud infrastructure by offering an open-source platform that integrates seamlessly with existing IT environments. It empowers organizations to accelerate innovation by providing self-service portals and API-driven platforms for developing cloud-aware applications. By supporting a wide range of technologies and offering a modular design, OpenStack allows enterprises to customize their cloud solutions to meet specific requirements, ensuring high availability and performance of applications. Additionally, OpenStack's commitment to open standards and interoperability provides businesses with the freedom to choose from a diverse ecosystem of vendors and avoid vendor lock-in, ultimately leading to cost savings and increased agility in responding to market demands.

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Verified User in Renewables & Environment

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/11/2016

"Awesome product to understand hybrid cloud structure"

4.5/5

What do you like best about OpenStack?

Documentation about all the complex terms about cloud explained in details. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenStack?

Getting the whole cluster view setup is still bit difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenStack:

Please review the requirements for servers and try to understand the specification for each node or server which you want to have it running in openstack and then try to implement the same in openstack with dev setup and install your application on top it to test the corner cases. And finally start moving it to full openstack deployment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenStack solving and how is that benefiting you?

Its IOT application which need distributed server to get all the sensor connected to cloud all the time and collect data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yann G.

Founder

Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/11/2016

"OpenStack for dev worksapce"

3.5/5

What do you like best about OpenStack?

OpenStack is very good platform to deploy SaaS infrastructure. I can use it to start developper workspace every morning and is scalable for new hire ! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenStack?

UI part is not really ok at this moment, is very laggy and start time of instance is also long... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Paul B.

Senior Developer, Oracle OpenStack

Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/7/2016

"The most complete open source cloud solution"

5/5

What do you like best about OpenStack?

OpenStack sets a standard for open source cloud, and is the most accepted and supported solution for those who don't want to be subject to vendor lock in, or pay licence fees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenStack?

It requires a reasonably high level of expertise to setup and operate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jed C.

Systems Administrator, IT Infrastructure

Food & Beverages

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/11/2016

"A great alternative to the public cloud or more expensive on-prem solutions"

3.5/5

What do you like best about OpenStack?

Once it's running and configured correctly it's pretty much bullet proof. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenStack?

It can be difficult to setup without using a Linux distro that already has it built in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Swapnil K.

Active Technology Contributor (ATC)

Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/7/2016

"Best Open Source Cloud Operating System"

5/5

What do you like best about OpenStack?

- Open Source

- Modular Source

- Vendor Neutral and Support

- Keeps up with latest technology support

- Community Support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenStack?

Nothing much, I am waiting for more features with respect to Interoperability and Security Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

xiangxiang z.

senior software engineer

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/6/2016

"good but not perfect"

4/5

What do you like best about OpenStack?

Openstack provides a mature solution for private cloud service. It has many learning materials(blogs, docs, books ... ). The most important is it has an active community. So many developers from the world are making it better and better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenStack?

It's really hard to install and some features is still not stable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Paul R.

Operations Project Manager

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/12/2016

"Open Source, and Open Stack, for the win."

5/5

What do you like best about OpenStack?

OpenStack's open source approach gives it a unique advantage over competing cloud management infrastructures.

The approach allows for a good amount of "pick and choose" style cloud architecture/design, while minimizing hidden gotchas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenStack?

OpenStack's open source approach means that it can take quite some time for needed improvements to make their way into production use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.