Documentation – OpenMetal Cloud

OpenMetal’s medium private cloud hardware, with powerful CPUs, ample RAM, and fast NVMe SSDs, offers a fitting solution for businesses needing support for things like high-performance computing, data-intensive applications, or scalable online platforms. Discover key use cases, benefits, and technical considerations of an OpenMetal medium hosted private cloud for your business.

Boost your OpenStack security! Discover the risks of outdated Kolla images and learn how to update them. This guide covers vulnerability patching, compliance, and preventing downtime in your private cloud.

Explore how OpenMetal’s Small hosted private cloud hardware can empower your business with use cases including SMB infrastructure and development environments. Learn about the technical advantages, cost benefits, and ideal applications for this affordable cloud offering.

Tired of managing separate user accounts for OpenStack? Integrate Active Directory and unlock a world of simplified user management, enhanced security, and reduced administrative overhead. This comprehensive guide provides step-by-step instructions to seamlessly connect your existing Active Directory infrastructure with OpenStack, allowing you to centralize authentication, streamline authorization, and improve the user experience.

OpenMetal Core Update V3.0 delivers enhanced performance, simplified management, a better user experience, and improved resource control. Explore the latest OpenMetal update benefits and new technical capabilities for your cloud infrastructure.

With a private OpenStack cloud, you can create Project-Based VPC which create a segment of a cloud with predefined resources that you can use to create VMs, allocate storage, and most of the other functionalities of a VPC.

We’re proud members of the OpenInfra Foundation, contributing technology and helping to drive innovation within the open source community. As such, our engineers recently re-provisioned the OpenInfra Foundation’s continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) cloud to our latest OpenStack Bobcat release (2023.2) with Ceph Reef storage. This robust platform powers one of the most demanding CI/CD pipelines in the open source world, automated by Zuul.

OpenMetal’s XXL v4 bare metal dedicated server is powered by dual 5th gen Intel® Xeon Gold 6530 processors and 2048GB DDR5 RAM.

OpenMetal’s Large v4 bare metal dedicated server is powered by dual Intel® Xeon Gold 6526Y processors, 512GB DDR5-5200 RAM, and come with two Micron 7450 MAX drives.

Planning your infrastructure budget is about more than business costs. It’s about aligning IT budgets with organizational goals, scaling smoothly, staying ahead of cyber threats, and leveraging the latest technology to drive growth. Whether you are thinking about cloud expansion, modernizing outdated systems, or maximizing security, the right infrastructure budget makes all the difference.

In this guide, we’ll walk through the key things to consider when planning your infrastructure budget for 2025.

Discover how OpenMetal’s generous bandwidth allotments and 95th percentile egress pricing can help hosting providers cut costs while boosting capacity for high-traffic, content-rich sites

Geico, ranked #3 in the Top 10 Largest Auto Insurance Companies in 2024, transitions from VMware to OpenStack for its cloud infrastructure. Anyone who has performed migrations from VMware to OpenStack can attest that this was a very complicated process that required significant dedication and effort from Geico.

Ensure uninterrupted service for your critical applications with our comprehensive guide to high-availability infrastructure solutions. Discover the importance of redundancy, failover, and fault tolerance, and explore popular technologies like OpenStack, bare metal servers, and Ceph storage clusters. Learn how to build resilient systems that can withstand failures and minimize downtime.

OpenStack Dalmatian 2024.2, the 30th release for the OpenStack cloud platform features major improvements for AI and high-performance computing workloads, enhanced security and use experience updates. Some of the key updates include expanded GPU support in Blazar for reserving compute instances, persistent virtual GPU handling in Nova and security updates in Ironic, Neutron and Nova.  

Explore Intel® (TDX), a hardware-based technology designed to enhance the security and privacy of virtualized workloads in cloud environments.

Learn about the need for confidential computing, it’s benefits and some top industries benefiting from this technology.

Explore the benefits of cloud-based development, including increased flexibility, improved security, and faster onboarding. Learn how to choose the right cloud platform and overcome potential challenges. Then read a real-world case study of a business that used OpenMetal’s hosted private cloud to enhance their remote development platform.

Lift and Shift, also known as “rehosting,” this approach involves moving applications from on-premise infrastructure to the cloud with minimal or no modifications. Organizations retain the existing architecture so it is a quick transition.
In this blog, OpenMetal’s President Todd Robinson provides insights on why lift and shift works best with private cloud vs public clouds.

The bare metal cloud market is poised for significant growth in the coming years, fueled by the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), as well as the increasing demand for high-performance computing (HPC).

High performance computing refers to the use of powerful computers and parallel processing techniques to solve complex computational problems. HPC is typically used for tasks that can include: running larging-scale simulations, financial models, big data analytics and AI which  require considerable processing power, memory and storage. Private OpenStack clouds offer several key features such as scalability, flexibility, integration and cost-efficiency that make them suitable to for running HPC workloads. 

Is hosted private cloud the right choice for your organization? Explore the economic case for this cloud solution and compare it to on-premises and public cloud options. Learn how to reduce costs, enhance security, and gain more control over your IT infrastructure.

Cloud storage is more than just a digital filing cabinet. It’s a powerful tool that helps businesses manage data efficiently, securely, and cost-effectively. By separating storage from computational infrastructure, organizations can scale resources independently, ensuring optimal performance and cost-efficiency. This blog will explore the benefits of cloud storage, compare popular solutions like Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage, and introduce an open-source alternative.

Companies already create vast amounts of data every day, and the growing usage of big data and AI is now skyrocketing the need for robust, scalable storage solutions. Two popular platforms are Ceph and AWS S3. Both offer capable solutions for managing and storing large amounts of data. However their architectures, capabilities, and use cases differ quite a bit. Let’s compare and contrast these two platforms to help you decide which may be the better choice for your storage needs.

In today’s world, the vast majority of organizations have adopted either a public cloud or private cloud, however, within these organizations, their IT professionals face the challenge of determining the best ROI with placement of their dollars against Cloud Services provided by either Public Clouds or Private Clouds.

We are creating a standard open source only install of Delta Lake, Spark, and optionally, supporting systems like MLflow.  This means we will only be installing and depending on bare metal servers, VMs on OpenStack, or open source cloud storage systems. 

Check out the latest OpenMetal platform updates, leave a review on SoftwareReviews.com, read the latest in cloud news, and learn what’s new on the blog.

Download the IT Leadership Buyer’s Guide, help us build our online platform profile with Info-Tech Research, and discover what’s new in the world of cloud and on our blog.

Being surprised by cloud cost overruns when your budget is already stretched thin by high infrastructure costs can put you in a difficult position. Now you need to make cut backs – you can reduce resources for your projects, cut back on personnel, or take a FinOps approach to develop a comprehensive solution for your business.

In this blog we will explore cost-effective alternative cloud solutions to Amazon Web Service. 

Note: Upgrading from our previous release of v2.1 onwards (OpenStack Yoga and Ceph Quincy on CentOS 8 Stream) will be supported in the next minor release. We will be testing

In the realm of deploying Kubernetes on OpenStack, Rancher stands out as the best tool available. Its comprehensive feature set, ease of use, and hybrid capabilities make it an excellent choice for organizations seeking to manage Kubernetes clusters seamlessly.

OpenMetal’s XL v4.0 bare metal servers are powered by dual Intel Xeon Gold 6530 processor and 1TB RAM.

Madrid, Spain based businesses benefit from hosting their applications on OpenMetal’s dedicated servers located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Paris, France based businesses benefit from hosting their applications on OpenMetal’s dedicated servers located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

London, Great Britain based businesses benefit from hosting their applications on OpenMetal’s dedicated servers located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Without question, VMware has a good reputation for cloud security and virtualization within a single management framework. But, given its high price point compounded with new acquisition uncertainties, now may be a good time to reevaluate your options. Let’s explore OpenStack as an alternative VMware Workstation with a complete guide on how to set up a virtualized workstation with OpenStack.

Hamburg, Germany based businesses benefit from hosting their applications on OpenMetal’s dedicated servers located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Frankfurt, Germany based businesses benefit from hosting their applications on OpenMetal’s dedicated servers located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Berlin, Germany based businesses benefit from hosting their applications on OpenMetal’s dedicated servers located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Stuck picking a private cloud provider? We compare top options for both small businesses and large enterprises. Find the perfect fit considering cost, features, and ease of use!

ELIZA (created by Joseph Weizenbaum) was one of the first natural language processing programs designed to simulate conversation. But it wasn’t until nearly 50 years later that AI tools like Siri allowed broad adoption so that many users could use natural language to interact with their devices. And while Siri had its time, never before have we had this many significant consecutive releases (ChatGPT, Gemini, Alexa) that transformed our daily lives. AI now plays a pivotal role in our daily lives, answering our questions, articulating and documenting our ideas in written and even artistic forms, driving our vehicles, cooking our food, analyzing our patterns, and recommending ads to us, etc. So what do you need to know about AI? And where do you begin if you want to leverage the endless possibilities of AI for your organization?

Seattle based businesses benefit from hosting their applications on OpenMetal’s dedicated servers located in Los Angeles, CA.

Ready to get started with OpenStack? Read this guide to gain valuable insights on the best hardware for your OpenStack deployment. On-Demand OpenStack clouds is OpenMetal’s flagship product, so as you may guess we know a few things about building OpenStack clouds, including how to automate OpenStack clouds for deployment in under 1 minute. In this blog we share some hardware recommendations with you, to ensure that your OpenStack journey is successful.

Los Angeles based businesses benefit from hosting their applications on OpenMetal’s dedicated servers located in Los Angeles, CA.

OpenMetal’s XL v3.0 bare metal dedicated server is powered by dual Intel Xeon Gold 6430 processor and 1TB RAM.

With more focus on big data and the need to translate many data sources to other data consumers, Apache Kafka has emerged as the leading tool for efficiently and reliably handling this. In addition to configurations, maximizing Kafka’s capabilities is tied directly to the infrastructure you select.

San Jose based businesses benefit from hosting their applications on OpenMetal’s dedicated servers located in Los Angeles, CA.

San Francisco based businesses benefit from hosting their applications on OpenMetal’s dedicated servers located in Los Angeles, CA.

San Diego based businesses benefit from hosting their applications on OpenMetal’s dedicated servers located in Los Angeles, CA.

Sacramento based businesses benefit from hosting their applications on OpenMetal’s dedicated servers located in Los Angeles, CA.

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) has undeniably transformed the way businesses approach their IT infrastructure, offering a blend of flexibility, cost-efficiency, and scalability that traditional setups struggle to match. The benefits of IaaS extend far beyond simple cost savings, enabling businesses to stay at the forefront of technology, enhance their security measures, and focus on innovation.