What can I do with OpenStack?

OpenStack is an open source platform that uses pooled virtual resources to build and manage private and public clouds. The tools that comprise the OpenStack platform, called “projects,” handle the core cloud-computing services of compute, networking, storage, identity, and image services.

Is OpenStack still a thing?

According to Statista, OpenStack is the most popular open-source cloud platform and its adoption has grown steadily in recent years. As of 2020, 30% of survey respondents confirmed that they are using OpenStack in production.

What is the difference between Kubernetes and OpenStack?

Kubernetes is, in essence, classified as a container tool where OpenStack is an Open-Source Cloud tool. OpenStack has a much larger user base but not as organized as Kubernetes. Google, slack, and 9GAG use Kubernetes; OpenStack is used by PayPal, HubSpot, and Wikipedia.

Is OpenStack is similar to Docker?

OpenStack and Docker are young open source projects that each hold a tremendous amount of potential. They’re fundamentally different in at least one important way though: OpenStack is an infrastructure platform managed by IT operators to enable a private cloud.

Who still uses OpenStack?

OpenStack is no one company, it’s a community and these are its most important members

  • Company: Rackspace. Why they’re important: Rackspace is an OpenStack founding father.
  • Company: Dell.
  • Company: IBM.
  • Company: Cisco.
  • Company: Mirantis.
  • Company: Cloudscaling.
  • Company: Piston Cloud Computing Co.
  • Company: Canonical.

Can OpenStack replace VMware?

OpenStack has replaced VMware in the eBay-owned online-payment firm’s data centers. The transformation was gradual and started during the 2011 holiday shopping season, when PayPal’s infrastructure team started routing about 20 percent of workloads to the OpenStack cloud.

Did OpenStack fail?

Measured against that mission statement, the project has mostly failed. OpenStack has proven massively scalable, but hyperscale public clouds don’t use it. It is also far from ubiquitous – analyst firm Gartner can find around 2,000 serious production implementations.

What is the future of OpenStack?

OpenStack, described as the world’s most widely deployed open source cloud software, will mark its 12-year anniversary milestone later in 2022.

What is better than OpenStack?

Kubernetes and OpenStack are Better Together There has always been competition between OpenStack and Kubernetes, both of whom are giants in the open-source technology landscape. That’s why it can be surprising to some users when we talk about the advantages of using these two complementary tools together.