This document discusses challenges and lessons learned with OpenStack deployments and MySQL. It provides background on the author and their experience with OpenStack. Key points include that OpenStack is not simple to deploy and lacks capabilities required for production use out of the box. The document also discusses eNovance's OpenStack product, which aims to deliver a fully highly available OpenStack deployment with support for features like high availability, upgrades, and multi-data center capabilities. MySQL is commonly used as the database for OpenStack services, and the document shares experiences using Galera clustering for MySQL.