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Integrating SolidFire Block Storage with OpenStack Cinder

We’ve received incredibly positive responses to our recent partnership announcement with SolidFire to integrate their all-flash enterprise storage with our Platform9 Cloud management-as-a-Service solution. In a previous post, I discussed the use cases for block storage in a cloud platform such as OpenStack. I also walked through the various options for deploying Cinder block storage in OpenStack

Platform9 · September 15, 2015 · 6 min read

Making Platform9 the Best OpenStack Cloud for VMware vSphere

We recently announced General Availability for Platform9 support of VMware vSphere, including 100% interoperability with existing vSphere infrastructure and management tools to make Platform9 the best cloud management solution for vSphere. I highlighted the benefits of our solution in a blog post and indicated that we would be providing more technical details in the future.

Platform9 · September 10, 2015 · 7 min read

SolidFire Storage Now Available with Platform9 OpenStack

One of the primary benefits of an open platform such as OpenStack is its ability to be an integration engine for various cloud technologies. This gives users the flexibility to choose best of breed compute, networks, and storage technologies to build out their private cloud while retaining the benefits of a common management framework for operators and

Platform9 · August 31, 2015 · 6 min read

The Easy Button for VMware Private Cloud Is Here!

Back in January, we made our SaaS delivered Cloud Management-as-a-Service solution generally available to the public, with initial support for new and existing KVM environments. Since then, we’ve seen an increasing number of customers who have bought into the concept of an easy button for private clouds where they can focus on building applications and leveraging existing infrastructure management

Platform9 · August 17, 2015 · 6 min read

Explaining How VMware vSphere ESXi Integrates with OpenStack

One of the more interesting developments that we are seeing within our customer base and among the users we speak with regularly is the growing desire to understand OpenStack hypervisor support and leverage OpenStack as a “manager of managers” for different types of technologies such as server virtualization and containers. This lines up with the messaging

Platform9 · August 12, 2015 · 11 min read

OpenStack Upgrades Made Easy: The Cloud-Native Way

Anyone who has ever attempted to upgrade a cloud platform, be it from Microsoft, OpenStack, or VMware, will readily attest that doing so in a live production environment is not for the faint of heart. No Cloud Admin wants to suffer through a failed upgrade that causes a production cloud to be degraded, unavailable, or

Platform9 · August 4, 2015 · 9 min read

[Updated] VMware vSphere with OpenStack: We Can Do Better

This blog post has been updated to include details on a related talk we’ve proposed for the upcoming OpenStack Summit. You can find out more about the voting process and learn about other talks submitted by Platform9 by reading our prior blog post. VMware vSphere and OpenStack are the shining stars in their respective fields –

Platform9 · July 28, 2015 · 5 min read

Vote for Platform9 Proposed Talks at the Tokyo OpenStack Summit

The Tokyo OpenStack Summit is only three months away and the process to choose the various talks and workshops that will be given at the Summit has begun. For the Vancouver Summit in April, the Platform9 team submitted three (3) talks; for the Tokyo Summit, we’ve stepped things up and submitted fifteen (15) talks and workshops.

Platform9 · July 24, 2015 · 7 min read

Platform9 OpenStack Cloud, Version 1.2 Is Here!

Six months ago we made our SaaS delivered Cloud Management-as-a-Service solution generally available to the public. Since then, a growing number of Platform9 customers have realized the benefits of transforming their on-premises infrastructure into an agile private cloud. Our customers have been able to enable their developers to be more productive than ever, while leveraging

Platform9 · July 21, 2015 · 4 min read

Under the Covers of the Platform9 OpenStack Architecture

Platform9’s mission is to make private clouds easy for enterprises at any scale. This means creating a solution that provide some important benefits for our customers including: A private cloud that is not only simple to deploy but also simple to manage. At Platform9, we decided that the best way we could make that a reality

Platform9 · July 7, 2015 · 8 min read

Deep Dive: Virtual Machine Placement in OpenStack

Virtual machine (VM) or cloud instance placement is one of the most crucial components of a private cloud. Good placement of VMs across the cloud compute infrastructure ensures that the VM has access to the resources specified by a cloud user, delivers balanced performance given the available capacity, and ensures adherence to organizational policies such

Platform9 · June 23, 2015 · 6 min read

Platform9 Is Heading to Cloud Expo Europe 2015, London!

We are excited to be exhibiting at Cloud Expo Europe 2015, Europe’s largest event in the Cloud Computing Space. The event is scheduled in London from March 11 to March 12, 2015 and we are at Booth no: 266. Representing Platform9 at the event are our partners in the UK from Xscalo. Based in London, Xscalo is the UK’s only

Platform9 · March 6, 2015 · 1 min read

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