The company believes that the ocp designs can help it reduce costs on hardware design and operations. As rackspace and others feed the open compute project, jess and frankovksy say, those options will continue to expand. Rackspaces manufacturing partners include quanta and wiwynn a spinoff of wistron, with delta involved in the actual rack buildout. It was only until 2011, when facebook decided to open up on how and what they were using in their datacenters by developing the open compute project which was co. It was only until 2011, when facebook decided to open up on how and what they were using in their datacenters by developing the open compute project which was cofounded together with rackspace, goldman sachs and intel. Open compute continues to be a considerably lower cost option. The open compute project ocp is a growing community of open source hardware hackers who are building on design innovations created for facebooks data centers. For rackspace users, you can select one of the following from the supported regions page. Rackspace driver supports working with legacy, firstgen cloud servers and nextgen openstack based cloud servers.
Each implements the entire openstack compute api as well as a few rackspaceonly addons. As hardware born out of the open compute project starts to spread, what will be the. With boot camp style technical training from the open cloud academy, get handson with technology and build confidence to enter the it workforce. The foundations stated project mission is as follows. Robert bunger has moved into the role of incubation committee representative, and will continue to provide support and guidance to brevan reyher and the data center facility. This project is supported by many companies in the world mainly in the u. The details of how these hyperscalers achieved these efficiencies were kept secret for many years.
How open compute is a win for rackspace data center. Gartner has named us a leader in its 2019 magic quadrant for public cloud infrastructure professional and managed service providers, worldwide. Rackspace spins off openstack cloud computing project to. It looks like we went to home depot to get those parts, doesnt it. Nova is the openstack project that provides a way to provision compute instances aka virtual servers. Rackspace has the right infrastructure to finish your next project. Nova runs as a set of daemons on top of existing linux servers to provide that service. Jun 19, 2014 using the open compute project as a template, rackspace developed its new onmetal servers as a way to provide costeffective machines to potential clients who dont need all the bells and whistles of the more commoditized servers in the marketplace. Rackspace compute driver documentation apache libcloud 2. Infrastructure design based on open compute project ocp specifications, purposebuilt for running an openstack cloud. Current board member companies are facebook, rackspace, intel, microsoft, and andreas bechtolsheim. Rackspace and nasa of teamed up to launch openstack, an open source cloud computing platform created to foster cloud adoption and.
Mar 21, 2018 the open compute project ocp is a growing community of open source hardware hackers who are building on design innovations created for facebooks data centers. Rackspace is a founding member of the open compute project and has worked closely with technology leaders who share a common vision for the future around open standards. True open source solution rackspace private cloud powered by openstack uses only open source software and offers open source designed infrastructure components. Openstack offers open source software for openstack administrators to manage and troubleshoot an openstack cloud. Rackspace entering server arena via open compute project. The installer should have no impact on any initiatives to avoid vendor lockin because it exists outside of the scope of what a user will be accessing or operating. Over the past five years, a new generation of hardware vendors has leveraged open source ocp designs to win business in the hyperscale computing market. By embracing open technologies such as openstack and open compute, schools like utsa give their students an advantage in the tech world. An ocp ready site complies with all site requirements for a colocation service provider to be able serve open compute project ocp customers and their hardware in its facilities. The rackspace developer center gives developers tools and resources to build powerful, scalable apps on the only cloud backed by the rackspace fanatical experience. These ocp open commute racks ship fully assembled on a pallet. This is a client for the openstack compute api used by rackspace cloud and others. Rackspace driver is based on the openstack driver so for more information about that and openstack specific documentation, please refer to openstack compute driver documentation page.
With 5g on the horizon, telcos embrace open compute. Rackspaces openstack targets amazons ec2 and cloud lock. Customers can deploy a rackspacedesigned, purposebuilt openstack private cloud in any data center, with an integrated, fully tested modular rack of hardware, software and services. Openstack compute, which offers computing power through virtual machine and network management, and openstack object storage, which is. Founded in 2011 by facebook, intel, rackspace, goldman sachs and andy.
Oct 28, 2011 facebook opens out open compute project. Rackspace will replace robert bunger schneider electric as the project lead for the data center facility project. Join our global community of technology leaders working together to break open the black box of proprietary it infrastructure to achieve greater choice, customization, and cost savings. Develop applications with openstack public cloud rackspace. Rackspaces openstack targets cloud lockin computerworld. Rackspace announces open source datacenter strategy. The rackspace private cloud object storage reference architecture supports the following software and infrastructure components. Infrastructure design based on open compute project ocp specifications, purposebuilt for running an openstackcloud. Open hardware means more than saving money for rackspace february 19, 2016 timothy prickett morgan cloud, compute 0 the religious fervor of open source software has settled down and reality has settled in. Open compute 20 rackspace hosting is getting into custom server design, and it is working with manufacturing partners with the open compute project to. Rackspace is also keen on increasing its use of technology based on the open compute project ocp, which is developing efficient open source designs for servers, storage and data centers. The socialnetworking company has set up a foundation to promote its project to share datacentre hardware.
Customers choose either a rackspace or red hat openstack configuration for their private cloud, and rackspace experts manage its endtoend deployment and. Python bindings to the rackspace cloud servers api. The data center project would like to acknowledge the. Quanta launches open compute solutions, including open rack.
The open compute project ocp, a 501c6 organization, is a collaborative global. This article presents a variety of cloud architectural configurations that you could use for your business or personal project. Racksolutions open rack v2 ocp rack features up to 48ou of rackable space for power shelves, servers and switches. May 09, 2016 3 reasons why the open compute project isnt meeting the demands of mainstream it moor insights and strategy senior contributor opinions expressed by forbes contributors are their own. With cloud managed services from rackspace you get full support of the worlds leading cloud platforms, saving you the pain and complexity of doing it yourself. Rackspace announces new line of servers, developed with. Nova supports creating virtual machines, baremetal servers through the use of ironic, and has limited support for system containers. Rackspace s contribution of code to a new open source project called openstack could help establish a counterweight to larger and proprietary players like amazons elastic compute cloud ec2. Backed by thousands of engineers and industry experts, the rackspace public cloud allows you full control of your environment by eliminating vendor lock in and granting access to cutting edge features.
The open rack uses an allencompassing design to accommodate compatible open. Rackspaces contribution of code to a new opensource project called openstack could help establish a counterweight to larger and proprietary players like amazons elastic compute cloud ec2. This means up to 36 kw of electrical output is available for each rack. Rackspace, nasa open up cloud computing with openstack project. Requirements, specs, best practices and products which are related to immersion cooling. Instead, it is a general term that describes a variety of services, from iaas at the base, through paas as a development tool, to saas replacing onpremises applications. The socialnetworking company has set up a foundation to promote its project to share datacentre hardware designs on an open source model, with the aim of. Compute project was founded in 2011 to address these. Utsa cloud and bigdata laboratory launches one of the largest. Industry nonprofit focused on establishing open source hw, sw and systems management solutions for the data center market and beyond. Organizations considering a move to cloud computing need to understand the different aspects of it and to assess their.
True opensource solution rackspace private cloud powered by openstack uses only opensource software and offers opensource designed infrastructure components. Being an open source technology, the entire code can be modi. Facebook updates data centers with new ocp hardware. The openstack compute service allows you to control an infrastructureasaservice iaas cloud computing platform. Open hardware means more than saving money for rackspace. Rackspaces openstack targets amazons ec2 and cloud lockin.
Rackspace private cloud powered by openstack swift is a storage solution that delivers the scalability, agility. Oct 24, 20 for years, quanta computer has been building servers for facebook and rackspace based on design concepts advanced by the open compute project ocp. Rackspace announces new line of servers, developed with the. The project openstack also presents a validation process for the adoption and development of new standards. The open compute project ocp was developed by facebook and other hyperscale. Offerings include cloud storage cloud files, virtual private server cloud servers, load balancers, databases, backup, and monitoring. Openstack, originally sponsored by rackspace and nasa, is free open source project that allows. Jan 20, 2020 the rackspace cloud servers service powered by openstack is a fast, reliable, and scalable cloud compute solution without the risk of proprietary lockin. The main components of this project are the open rack and equipment chassis that can be configured as a server rack, storage box, and more. The open compute project announced today that the rackspace lon5, a stateoftheart data centre facility located in crawley, west sussex achieved ocp ready status. The open compute project set out to start a revolution in data center hardware.
Using the open compute project as a template, rackspace developed its new onmetal servers as a way to provide costeffective machines to potential clients who dont need all the bells and. The basic cloud architecture is a starting point that you can build on for future. The open commute rack is designed to support up to 3 powerzones with 1 to 3 bus bars. Open compute project wikimili, the free encyclopedia. The rackspace kubernetes installer is a fork of an open source project. Technology training in san antonio, texas open cloud academy. For ease of use, all equipment installation and service operations are accessible from the front of the rack. Current board member companies are facebook, rackspace, intel, microsoft. As a founder of openstack, rackspace s work with the open compute project aligns with this vision. Project design and redfish api easier system level integration and reduce deployment costs over different systems.
Founded in 2011 by facebook, rackspace, intel over 200 members and growing globally. The rackspace cloud is a set of cloud computing products and services billed on a utility computing basis from the usbased company rackspace. It provides the core features of the openstack compute api v2. Managed cloud specialist rackspace has played a key role in adapting open compute project designs for multitenant data center environments. It gives you control over instances and networks, and allows you to manage access to the cloud through users and projects. If you arent prepared to design your own gear, youll have the option of. Jan 17, 20 open compute projectcompliant servers are designed to be vanity free, eliminating fancy packaging that adds cost and complexity. Today quanta launched a line of hardware products making those open compute designs available to a broader pool of customers. A little over a year after nasa and hosting company rackspace launched openstack, the opensource cloudcomputing project is being spun off to an independent foundation to drive future development. For rackspace users, a default will be provided if you pass in null. The open compute project foundation is a rapidly growing, global community. Open compute project open frame rack racksolutions. The openstack project is provided under the apache 2.
In this case, however, the special 48 v ocp server hardware is supplied via an endtoend dc busbar for each rack. The rackspace team provides a look inside its data centers and the process of integrating ocp equipment. The open compute project ocp is reimagining hardware, making it more efficient, flexible, and scalable. The open compute project s mission is to design and enable the delivery of efficient server, storage and data center hardware designs for scalable computing. Rackspace public cloud offers an expansive set of tools and technologies to help your business achieve and maintain growth.
Acs immersion cooling sub project open compute project. This paper looks at the origins of open compute, the drivers of change that made it a reality and its likely impact on the data center. Mar 03, 2016 managed cloud specialist rackspace has played a key role in adapting open compute project designs for multitenant data center environments. The open compute projects mission is to design and enable the delivery of efficient server, storage and data center hardware designs for scalable computing. The open compute project was first released by facebook in 2011. Each implements the entire openstack compute api as well as a few rackspace only addons. Utsa cloud and bigdata laboratory launches one of the.
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