The latest version of the of the original enterprise-ready OpenStack distribution for building infrastructure as a service private clouds, SUSE Cloud 3, offers greater flexibility for companies to cost-effectively deploy private clouds with existing virtualised data centres.
SUSE Cloud 3 provides users with greater flexibility in cost-effectively deploying private clouds with existing virtualised data centres by delivering full support for VMware vSphere through integration with VMware vCentre Server.
As a top 10 contributor to the OpenStack project and a platinum member of the OpenStack Foundation, SUSE has underlined its commitment to driving the rapid innovation and stability of the OpenStack community.
The focus of SUSE is to make it easier for enterprise users to adopt an OpenStack-based private cloud solution that delivers rock-solid OpenStack distribution in SUSE Cloud 3 which is easy to set up for use in any enterprise production environment.
SUSE Cloud 3 based on OpenStack Havana includes full support for Orchestration (heat) and Telemetry (Ceilometer), also providing improved productivity and resource efficiency.
The Orchestration module automates control and co-ordination of multiple virtual machines based on a set of predefined templates. With Orchestration the required infrastructure resources such as servers, floating IPs, volumes and security grouping required for a specific application are identified as are the relationships between the resources to facilitate programmatic management of the cloud.
Telemetry metering and monitoring of cloud activities measures usage by infrastructure resources and consumers. The data collected can be used to feed billing systems, improve services to end users and also ensure performance while easing the management burden of maintaining the cloud infrastructure.
The ability to maximise virtualisation investments is most important as many organisations have spent years building VMware virtualised data centres and developing the skills to manage these environments. OpenStack-based SUSE Cloud offers them the opportunity to do so by delivering the best performance from existing investments.
Simplified installation, smooth ongoing management, upgrading of the cloud and rapid implementation are critical for enterprises trying to improve business agility and rapid service delivery. SUSE Cloud 3 includes an installation framework that automates the management and deployment of the cloud infrastructure, simplifying ongoing management and delivering a faster return on investment.
