Sydney
November 6-8, 2017

Event Details

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Massively Distributed OpenStack -- Thinking outside the Data Center

Taking OpenStack out of the data center to create massively distributed clouds was the talk of the Boston Summit.  OpenStack is starting to be used for use cases that were never imagined; think about the possibility of a global swarm of hundreds, thousands or even millions of nodes.  Massively distributed OpenStack architectures require radically different approaches and tools.  Use cases include:

  • Extreme edge conditions (IoT, transportation, manufacturing, utility grids, VDI),
  • Long distances between nodes (Satellites, Supply-chain, global shipping)
  • Hub and spoke designs (Telecom networks, global application distributions)

We need to think differently about the Massively Distributres OpenStack ecosystem.

  • Tradeoffs of different architectures to different use cases: hierarchical, matrixes, widely distributed, or mesh.
  • How node size affects performance and fit for each use case.
  • Deployment considerations
  • More stringent security (code/design) in exposed environments

What can I expect to learn?

During this session you will learn how OpenStack can support massively distributed architectures:

  • See a demo of a massively distrubuted OS used to improved network performance.
  • The need for more stringent security in infrastructure software (code/design) in potentially hundreds or thousands of nodes in exposed environments.
  • How to address the complex vendor integration, product orchestration, service delivery and scale requirements for  managing and orchestrating thousands of edge nodes
  • Tips and tricks for addressing tight hardware limitations and cost constraints. How can the vendors help reduce footprints without compromising performance and usability?
  • Optimizing Cloud configurations to support distributed clouds.
  • Zero Touch Provisioning and how nodes be turned up simply and easily
  • Considerations of the management of nodes on intermittent network connections
Wednesday, November 8, 5:20pm-6:00pm (6:20am - 7:00am UTC)
Difficulty Level: N/A
Cloud Technology Strategist
SDN Product Strategist at Verizon, working on developing virtualized networking products and services. Involved in the OpenStack community since 2010. Helped architect some of the earliest large deployments, writing the documentation and designing the architectures. Co-author of the OpenStack Architecture Design Guide. Active in the OpenStack Community as a member of the Edge Computing Work... FULL PROFILE
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