OpenStack Omni is an open-source solution for managing hybrid clouds, providing an alternative to VMware and AWS, with advantages such as no vendor lock-in and standardized APIs. It streamlines operations by offering a single management system for on-premise and public cloud resources, thus reducing complexity and costs. By integrating with major public clouds, it enables enterprises to effectively manage workloads while leveraging existing tooling and workflows.

1. OpenStack Omni,
the Open-Source Alternative
to VMware + AWS for
Hybrid Cloud
Amrish Kapoor
VP of Engineering

2. Hybrid cloud usage is increasing – and so are the complexities
As hybrid clouds become more
common...
Cloud infrastructure
management gets more complex
Enterprises can get locked into
certain vendors
Management costs rise
13%
Usage is at 71%, according to the
2017 State of the Cloud report

3. VMWare + AWS offer a pathway to hybrid cloud…but there
are significant challenges
VMW promises a single pane
of glass to manage on-premise
and AWS workloads, but there
are drawbacks...
x Ecosystem lock-in
x Limited deployment flexibility
(enterprise has to upgrade to
specific versions of vCenter)
x Very high fees that requires a
minimum number of nodes to be
always running

4. OpenStack offers Enterprises an open-source lower cost
pathway for realizing on-premise clouds
OpenStack cannot be used to
manage workloads on public
cloud ==> separate management
capabilities required between on-
premise and off-premise
 Open source community
 No vendor lock-in
 Nonproprietary, standardized
open API
 Easier to use with Platform9
Managed OpenStack
But....

5. Platform9’s OpenStack Omni offers one management
system for on-premise and public clouds
• Open source alternative to
VMWare + AWS
• Supports AWS, Azure, and
Google Cloud
• Enables broad application of
OpenStack APIs to public clouds
• Omni drivers plug into OpenStack
components such as Neutron,
Nova and Cinder
• Enables discovery of AWS VMs
and display by OpenStack Horizon
• Integrates AWS-based VMs, EBS
volumes, networks, etc.
Neutron Networking
Nova Compute
Cinder Storage
Omni

6. Omni extends Platform9’s governing vision to hybrid
cloud deployments
Adding Omni to Platform9’s Managed
OpenStack enables...
• Efficient operations
• Unified single pane management of
separate computing resources
• Reduction in operational complexity
on-premise
• Clean & separate scaling of compute
& control-pane physical infrastructure
... all at low cost, with open source
standard APIs, and no vendor lock-in
Enable hosting of open cloud
control panes in the cloud itself

7. Omni ‘s open API approach presents an alternative to
existing CMPs
Hybrid clouds don’t necessarily need
public and private regions to run a
deeply harmonized, common
software stack.
Operational harmony under a single,
broadly accepted API may work well
for some use cases.
Current cloud management platforms
create new and sometimes privately
controlled API, which means...
x Another learning curve for
administrators
x Refresh of all the tooling ecosystem
that enables cloud usage

8. Enterprises can now finally use OpenStack for
managing on-premise and public cloud workloads
Get one dashboard including
unified multi-tenancy and public
cloud quota management
 Get a single API which abstracts out
underlying cloud provider details
 Consume the right cloud platform for
business needs
 Leverage tooling and automation
investments in the OpenStack
ecosystem
 Use the same workflows to deploy to
public and private clouds
Administrators Developer & Dev-ops

9. Learn more about Omni & Managed OpenStack
Watch a demo
Download Omni drivers
Try the sandbox
Get a free15-day trial
Contact us