This document discusses OpenStack's role in hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and provides an overview of OpenStack pros and cons as well as corporate strategies and startup initiatives related to OpenStack and HCI. It also poses open questions about OpenStack's future roadmap and suitability for HCI. The document concludes by advertising hiring opportunities for an OpenStack Software Intern and SDN Software Engineer.

1. Openstack Role in HCI
Yu Dong (Robert)

2. Self-intro

3. Openstack Intro

4. Openstack Pro. vs. Con.
Pro Con
Free Stability
Scalability Deployment
Feature Rich Usability
Shared Nothing Infra Maintainability

5. Corp strategies
Openstack
CI
(Converged
Infrastructure)
HCI
Acquisitions:
• MetaCloud: Bundled with
UCS;
• PistonCloud: Empowering
Cisco InterCloud;
Cisco UCS is empowering VCE
Vblock and NetApp FlexPod ?
Open innovation:
• Cloud System: built on
Openstack Juno;
• Helion 2.0: built on
Openstack Kilo;
HP Converged System: top
player in Converged Infra,
running Cloud system 9.0; ?

6. Startup initiatives
Startups Product Uniqueness Strength
ZeroStack
Openstack based private
cloud solution.
Complete solution needs
customized servers as well
as the software suites deployed upon
Minimizing Ops and HCI
leverage
Usability,
Elasticity
Stractoscale
Cloud software solution
built upon openstack
Hardware Agnostic and HCI
leverage
Deployment
MetaCloud
(acquired by
Cisco in 2014)
offers hosted private clouds
Provides software which can run on
customer’s premises,
or in its data centers.
Can run software on
commodities servers
Deployment
PistonCloud
(acquired by
Cisco in 2015)
Founded by Openstack originator
(NASA cloud architect Josh Mckenty),
Offer Cloud software based on
openstack
Orchestration automation,
AWS-like capabilities
Usability

7. Open Questions?
• Openstack’s future roadmap
• Is Openstack a good fit for HCI? If yes, how? If not, what alternative software?

8. Hiring
• My team is focusing on Openstack network and SDN controller/apps development.
• Openstack Software Intern;
1. Python
2. Networking
3. Openstack
• SDN Software Engineer
A. Java
B. Networking or Data Knowledge (e.g, Cassandra)

9. Contact
• Email: dongyu6@yahoo.com
• Phone: 305-801-3490
• WeChat ID: batigoal1980