Documentation – OpenMetal Cloud

Privacy-first blockchain applications need infrastructure that supports confidential computing, network isolation, and regulatory compliance. Discover how bare metal and private cloud solutions provide the foundation for zero-knowledge proofs, confidential smart contracts, and secure multi-party computation.

Most cloud storage operates as a black box – you can’t tune the underlying mechanics for your specific workloads. OpenMetal gives you full root access to enterprise Ceph clusters, letting you optimize replication, caching, and performance settings for databases, analytics, and object storage.

Learn how to architect a complete predictive analytics pipeline using OpenMetal’s dedicated infrastructure. This technical guide covers Ceph storage, GPU training clusters, and OpenStack serving – delivering superior performance and cost predictability compared to public cloud alternatives.

Hidden cloud costs are silently destroying SaaS profit margins. PE firms lose billions in portfolio value due to unpredictable usage fees, resource waste, and egress charges. Learn how private cloud infrastructure delivers 30-50% cost savings and predictable EBITDA improvement.

Traditional storage silos drain budgets through vendor lock-in and complexity. Unified Ceph architecture consolidates block, file, and object storage into one platform, cutting costs up to 50% while simplifying management. OpenMetal’s pre-configured solution delivers immediate ROI.

Discover how OpenMetal’s fixed-cost private cloud pricing eliminates the unpredictability and hidden costs of usage-based RUM models. Get predictable monthly costs, reduced egress fees, and enterprise-grade performance on dedicated infrastructure. Perfect for IT leaders managing steady workloads and budget certainty.

PE firms face mounting cloud costs across SaaS portfolios. Learn how OpenMetal’s private cloud delivers 30-60% cost savings, predictable pricing, and improved margins that directly boost portfolio valuations and exit multiples.

Learn how OpenMetal’s private networking architecture delivers 20 Gbps per server, free internal traffic, customer-specific VLANs with VXLAN support, and predictable egress billing. Perfect for AI training clusters, database replication, and high-throughput workloads requiring performance without bandwidth constraints.

Public cloud confidential computing promises security but retains provider control over critical trust components. Private cloud infrastructure eliminates third-party trust dependencies, providing genuine confidentiality for sensitive workloads through dedicated hardware and transparent attestation.

For EAM consultants and system integrators, hyperscaler and colocation infrastructure limits delivery agility. Discover how hosted private cloud helps modernize service delivery with client-isolated environments, better margins, and predictable costs.

Master Ceph block storage performance with OpenMetal’s production-proven strategies: enterprise hardware selection, system-level tuning, and architectural optimizations that deliver measurable results.

SaaS companies backed by private equity face mounting pressure to control cloud costs that often reach 50-75% of revenue. This comprehensive analysis compares private vs public cloud TCO, showing how infrastructure optimization can improve gross margins and company valuations.

Learn how PostgreSQL and Citus on OpenMetal deliver enterprise-scale data warehousing with distributed SQL performance, eliminating vendor lock-in while providing predictable costs and unlimited scalability for modern analytical workloads.

Master OpenStack private cloud compliance with proven strategies for meeting HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI DSS, and FedRAMP requirements. This comprehensive guide covers essential security controls, automated monitoring, audit preparation, and practical implementation tips to ensure your private cloud infrastructure stays compliant and secure.

AI-driven smart contracts require dedicated infrastructure to handle real-time inference, protect sensitive data, and maintain blockchain consistency. Shared cloud environments introduce performance variability and security risks that compromise both AI accuracy and blockchain reliability.

US companies expanding into ASEAN face critical infrastructure decisions. OpenMetal’s Singapore-based private cloud eliminates colocation’s 6-12 month delays and public cloud’s escalating costs, offering quick deployment with predictable OpEx pricing for Southeast Asian market entry.

Migrating to OpenStack doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Our five-step guide walks you through the entire process, from initial assessment and planning to final cutover and performance tuning. Learn the best practices for a smooth transition to your new private cloud infrastructure.

Discover how to successfully migrate your virtual machines from VMware ESXi to OpenStack with this comprehensive beginner’s guide. Learn the complete process from planning through execution, including export procedures, disk conversion, and OpenStack deployment. Perfect for system administrators facing VMware licensing cost increases and exploring open-source alternatives.

Explore how confidential computing transforms blockchain security by protecting oracle data feeds and smart contract execution. This guide covers implementation strategies, performance optimization, and deployment best practices for building secure decentralized applications on OpenMetal’s bare metal infrastructure.

Discover five blockchain workloads that demand dedicated infrastructure over shared public cloud. From validator nodes to MEV systems, learn why bare metal servers and private cloud provide the performance, security, and control these critical operations require.

This guide provides a step-by-step tutorial for data engineers and architects on building a high-throughput data ingestion pipeline using Apache Kafka. Learn why an OpenMetal private cloud is the ideal foundation and get configuration examples for tuning Kafka on bare metal for performance and scalability.

Learn how confidential computing infrastructure protects PHI, AI models, and proprietary algorithms during processing. Discover implementation strategies for HIPAA-compliant AI workloads on OpenMetal’s secure bare metal platform, including real-world healthcare use cases and deployment guides.

Retail brands face a dilemma: AI image generation tools offer unprecedented speed, but public APIs expose intellectual property, violate compliance, and create unpredictable costs. Private AI infrastructure solves these challenges while delivering superior ROI.

Downtime isn’t an option. This guide details five failover strategies for OpenStack clouds: active-active, active-passive, cold standby, storage replication, and automated disaster recovery. Understand the trade-offs in cost, recovery time, and complexity to choose the right approach for your needs.

Escape VMware’s pricing crisis with this comprehensive CFO checklist. 12-week framework includes cost analysis, vendor selection & migration planning.

Regulated financial institutions need blockchain infrastructure that balances innovation with compliance. Discover why bare metal servers deliver the control, performance, and security that enterprise blockchain demands—from validator nodes to tokenization platforms. No compromise required.

Learn how to effectively benchmark your Ceph storage cluster. This guide covers everything from preparing your test environment and choosing the right tools (like FIO and RADOS bench) to running tests and analyzing results, ensuring your storage is optimized for performance.

CFOs are facing volatile IT costs from VMware renewals and public cloud bills. Learn how shifting from CapEx to OpenMetal’s fixed-cost OpenStack private cloud can turn cloud spending into a predictable Opex line item and deliver cost stability.

Struggling with big data sovereignty and governance in the public cloud? This post explains how OpenMetal’s Hosted Private Cloud, built on OpenStack, offers a secure, compliant, and performant alternative. Discover how dedicated hardware and full control can help you meet strict regulations like GDPR and HIPAA.

MPC lets multiple parties compute together without sharing private data — but infrastructure matters. Learn how confidential computing on OpenMetal bare metal servers with Intel TDX helps secure MPC deployments for blockchain, fintech, and privacy-first apps.

Modular blockchain networks like Celestia, Cosmos, and Polygon CDK are redefining infrastructure needs. This post outlines why bare metal servers and private clouds offer the control, performance, and predictability that modular blockchains require.

Ready to lock down your OpenStack cloud? This complete guide walks you through setting up a VPN using VPNaaS. Learn to configure networks, create thorough IPsec security policies, and establish encrypted tunnels with step-by-step CLI commands, plus troubleshooting and security best practices.

Confidential computing is the missing piece for full-stack security. Learn how OpenMetal helps technical teams build end-to-end trust with hardware isolation and open source infrastructure.

Testing OpenStack can be complex, but Rally makes it easier. Rally is an open source tool designed to test, benchmark, and validate OpenStack deployments. It helps you identify performance bottlenecks, evaluate scalability, and improve system performance. Learn how to use this powerful tool to help you confidently manage and optimize your OpenStack deployments.

Tired of siloed data lakes and warehouses? This article shows data architects how, why, and when to build a unified lakehouse. Learn how to combine raw data for ML and structured data for BI into one system, simplifying architecture and improving business insights.

Validator uptime matters. Learn how to host blockchain validator nodes with OpenMetal’s bare metal and hosted private cloud for performance, security, and full infrastructure control.

Leader-based vs. leaderless replication, which to choose? Leader-based systems offer strong consistency through a single leader but risk downtime. Leaderless systems ensure high availability by distributing writes, trading immediate consistency for resilience. Find the right fit with our guide!

Chennai businesses benefit from hosting their applications on OpenMetal’s dedicated servers and cloud infrastructure located in Singapore.

Are unpredictable bills, high egress fees, and performance throttling hurting your big data operations? Learn to spot the tipping point where a move from public cloud to a private cloud becomes the smart choice for predictable costs, better performance, and full control.

VPNs protect data in transit—but what about when it’s being processed? Discover how confidential computing closes the gap and how OpenMetal makes it deployable.

Ceph RBD mirroring offers a streamlined way to handle disaster recovery for private OpenStack clouds. RBD mirroring also reduces downtime and supports business continuity by enabling a smooth failover to secondary clusters during primary site outages. This functionality lays the groundwork for a resilient disaster recovery strategy and ongoing improvements.

Choosing a database? We compare traditional Azure SQL with a distributed TiDB cluster on OpenMetal. See how TiDB’s distributed design is able to fully tap into the power of ephemeral NVMe for speed and resilience, offering huge TCO savings by eliminating licensing and high egress fees.

This guide makes confidential computing practical. Explore how to reduce deployment complexity using OpenMetal’s secure, TDX-enabled infrastructure.

Kolla-Ansible simplifies multinode OpenStack deployments using Docker and Ansible automation. This guide walks you through the entire process, from hardware needs to final validation, helping you build a scalable private cloud faster and with fewer errors.

Are you a data architect or developer frustrated by slow and unreliable data pipelines? This article provides a high-performance blueprint using Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and Ceph on OpenMetal’s bare metal cloud. Escape the “hypervisor tax” and build scalable, cost-effective ETL systems with direct hardware control for predictable performance.

The integration of Kubernetes and OpenStack is a mature strategy for building powerful, flexible, and cost-effective private and hybrid clouds. Success depends on understanding their complementary roles and taking advantage of integration points to create a cohesive system. This guide provides an analysis of five best practices for architecting, deploying, and managing Kubernetes on OpenStack.

Hong Kong businesses benefit from hosting their applications on OpenMetal’s dedicated servers and cloud infrastructure located in Singapore.

Kuala Lumpur businesses benefit from hosting their applications on OpenMetal’s dedicated servers and cloud infrastructure located in Singapore.

Bangkok businesses benefit from hosting their applications on OpenMetal’s dedicated servers and cloud infrastructure located in Singapore.

When you combine Ceph’s smart, distributed software with storage that can handle millions of operations per second with near-zero delay, you get a solution that can go head-to-head with high-end, specialized systems. But it’s not as simple as swapping out your old hard drives for NVMe ones. Here’s how to do it right and all the potential performance benefits you can enjoy using an all-NVMe Ceph cluster.