Things to know about major OpenStack components in Ubuntu Server

Every day or the other begins with some Linux release but none get the attention and fame that Ubuntu releases do. Cloud computing is another important release which has revolutionized the world.

Reasons for cloud computing to be used:

• Provides compliance with established cloud standards which gives the users the freedom to move between cloud providers as and when desired.
• Gives high availability with features like node evacuation which ensures the cloud keeps running properly even if there is a failure.
• Allows the makers the freedom of the design choice.
• Massive scalability can be achieved.

All about the term “Openstack”

Openstack is another term associated with cloud computing. It is now poised to extend the lead it has already established in cloud infrastructure platform. It is an opensource project under the guidance of OpenStack foundation. Openstack also provide its users with a cloud architecture technology that was, is and will always be free from vendor lock-in. It also provides us with benefits like the one which is broken efficiently into modules and is a platform completely scalable. It also provides a great amount of functionality and offers a fast distribution process. In addition, it has one of the best tools for management and is not at all expensive to own.

The integration of Openstack and Ubuntu – a boon for the cloud technology!

The above two – Openstack and Ubuntu work closely together to provide its users with the best cloud computing experience. Ubuntu is the first choice for the deployment of Openstack as it is the base operating system used by the Openstack Project. This obviously implies that Ubuntu is the preferred base operating system, the one which the developers of Openstack use almost every day. There is indeed no other operating system which is as tightly incorporated with Openstack or one on which tests have been carried out so strictly. Also the releases of Ubuntu and Openstack are usually in sync so that the Ubuntu cloud infrastructure is able to stay together in the run of the development in the Openstack area.

Ubuntu server includes all the components of Openstack. Also, it is free to set up, use and maintain. The advantage is that if one is an independent developer, the person is free to start as and how one desires according to his requirements and your budget. The free management tools built into Ubuntu Server are Juju and MAAS. Canonical also offers enterprise-grade cloud management in the form of Landscape. The major attraction of Landscape is that it helps in giving one the unified view of both one’s physical systems and one’s public and private cloud operations – across datacenters, zones and regions – Landscape enables the administrators to manage thousands of cloud instances as easily as one. The service package for Ubuntu deployments is delivered directly by Canonical and Landscape is one vantage feature of Ubuntu.

Ubuntu Server 12.0 is the fifth Ubuntu release to feature Openstack. It also has integrated the folsom release of Openstack along with the two major components of Openstack. These two components are the Cinder which is used for block storage and the Quantum working as a virtual API for networking. On the release of Folsom, Ubuntu has thus acquired fame as the first operating system which is able to support Intel’s Open Attestation (OAT) in Openstack arena.

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