Austin
April 25-29, 2016

Event Details

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OpenStack at Scale inside NetApp: Trials and Tribulations

Want to hear from how we've implemented OpenStack internally inside our engineering support organization?  How we're able to scale to over 7000 VM instances, 14,000 cores across 3 geographical regions (2 US, 1 India)?  Also how we're able to automate upgrades with Puppet between releases for a non-disruptive experience for our users?   If so, this session is for you! 

We will focus on a couple of key findings:

What influence the needs of our users had on the choice of the underlying compute, storage and networking layer

What challenges we faced when combining this new self-service environment with best practices of traditional IT and virtualization, with a focus on automation and ease-of-use for both our developers and our operators

How OpenStack challenges the status quo of support organizations, and where we are taking our internal deployment next

Tips for selecting and sourcing optimal hardware for OpenStack deployments, with reference architecture advice on optimal deployments


What can I expect to learn?

Attendees will hear real-world experiences of OpenStack deployments in the enterprise.  Not only will strategies for success be discussed, but also trials/tribulations and potential pitfalls and learnings so that other folks will not make the same mistakes.  Also the role of converged infrastructure in an OpenStack deployment and the scalability of the infrastructure will be stressed, with a concentration on how a traditional engineering support organization historically providing VMWare hosting tackles OpenStack operations and developer support as an internal function.

Wednesday, April 27, 9:50am-10:30am (2:50pm - 3:30pm UTC)
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Red Hat, Senior Principal Engineer
Dave Cain is a Senior Architect with Red Hat's Global Partners and Alliances Organization. He focuses on producing validated reference architectures, joint solutions, and field training/enablement that promote the benefits of Red Hat software in the cloud and datacenter environments with Red Hat's strategic OEM, ISV, and Service Provider partners. Prior to joining Red Hat, he spent over 10... FULL PROFILE
Systems Architect at NetApp Inc.
Manasi Prabhavalkar is a Systems Architect and deals with everything OpenStack in the Engineering Services organization at NetApp Inc. Her major focus is to architect, automate and deploy highly reliable and robust OpenStack environments that are easier to scale and manage as a part of NetApp's internal private cloud. After completing her Masters in Computer Science from NC State, she now... FULL PROFILE