Author: Nicole Paschen

Instances are an important element of the OpenStack platform as they are the virtual machines that run inside the cloud environment. Instances can be launched with images uploaded to the

On-Demand Computing (ODC) is an enterprise-level delivery model that allows users to easily provision and deprovision cloud resources when needed or “on-demand.” The model, which can be maintained at the

Cloud hosting is a platform which uses software to divide a single server into multiple servers, also known as virtual machines, or VMs. This means that each server is given

A Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC), or virtual data center, is a term used to describe a data center where all infrastructure is virtualized and delivered as a service, which is

“Hyper-converged” is a strategy for running services. Traditionally we would instinctively separate our concerns into separate groups of Storage, Compute, or another classification to keep each layer separated for the

InMotion Hosting Builds Better OpenStack Deployments with the Institute for Cyber Security Since July 2020, InMotion Hosting’s Flex Metal Cloud team has worked closely with OpenStack administrators and architects at

Unless it is changed, all projects that you create will have a default security group, meaning that all incoming traffic will be denied and only outgoing traffic will be allowed

Usage-based billing also called metered billing, or pay-as-you-go billing is a billing model that is used in SaaS, or Software as a Service. This type of billing is where the

Load-balancing is a critical tool for managing the distribution of work. Most often used in the context of resiliency so your services continue serving without users being impacted, or in