OpenMetal Cloud IaaS Resources

OpenMetal delivers its infrastructure through its co-location in three state of the art data centers. Businesses in these locations around the world can benefit from OpenMetal’s IaaS offering.

Our resources cover various business aspects of using OpenMetal Cloud for infrastructure delivered as hosted private cloud, object storage, and bare metal.

Our documentation for technical teams using or running the cloud is under our Technical Documentation.

The content here is generally intended for:

  • CTOs or other executives deciding if they will use an OpenMetal Cloud Core and any Expansion Nodes.
  • Technical Researchers that are developing a plan for introducing the use of a private cloud to their company.
  • General researchers of private clouds that need more information.

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Fundamental Advantage of Using OpenMetal

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Cost Tipping Points of Public Cloud

As deployments grow, traditional public cloud becomes more and more expensive.

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Top Hosted Private Cloud Posts

The following articles discuss the advantages of private cloud hosting with OpenMetal.

 

Top Bare Metal Use Cases on OpenMetal

The following articles delve into some of the use cases that can be deployed on OpenMetal bare metal dedicated servers.

 

Top Bare Metal Hardware

The following articles delve into hardware details for OpenMetal bare metal servers.

 

Top OpenStack Posts

The following articles discuss use of On-Demand OpenStack with OpenMetal.

 

Top SaaS Provider Posts

The following articles discuss software-as-a-services (SaaS) providers’ uses of cloud with OpenMetal.

 

Top Education and Training Posts

The following articles are popular OpenStack learning resources. 

 

Top Partner and Reseller Posts

The following articles provide insight into selling OpenStack clouds through OpenMetal.

 

 

Use the articles above to explore the power of OpenMetal to deliver On-Demand OpenStack and Hosted Private Cloud. Check out transparent pricing. Or even request a trial. If you are not sure what you need, or have unique needs, schedule a complimentary consultation with our Cloud Team for assistance.

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Sep
17

Confidential Computing for Healthcare AI: Training Models on PHI Without Public Cloud Risk

Healthcare organizations can now train AI models on sensitive patient data without exposing it to public cloud vulnerabilities. Confidential computing creates hardware-protected environments where PHI remains secure during processing, enabling breakthrough AI development while maintaining HIPAA compliance and reducing regulatory overhead.

Sep
16

GPU-Accelerated Blockchain Workloads: Bare Metal Power for AI-Driven Smart Contracts

Discover how GPU acceleration transforms blockchain applications with AI-driven smart contracts. Learn why bare metal infrastructure provides the performance, security, and cost predictability needed for next-generation blockchain workloads that integrate machine learning and decentralized computing.

Sep
15

Micron MAX 7500 NVMe Enterprise Storage Details and Performance

The Micron 7500 MAX delivers sub-1ms latency with 232-layer NAND technology. Learn how OpenMetal’s custom configurations maximize performance for enterprise workloads including databases, AI, and blockchain applications.

Sep
15

Why Mature Cloud Infrastructure Needs the Discipline of Capacity Planning

Public cloud’s infinite shelf promise masked the need for capacity discipline, creating unpredictable costs and architectural debt. Discover how predictable infrastructure models like OpenMetal’s hosted private cloud transform capacity planning from reactive firefighting into proactive strategic advantage for CTOs.

Sep
15

The Hidden Costs of Hyperscaler Networking vs OpenMetal’s Transparent and Predictable Model

Enterprise cloud networking costs have become unpredictable budget wild cards. AWS, GCP, and Azure charge per-GB for internal traffic, creating cost volatility that punishes distributed architectures. OpenMetal’s two-network model eliminates cross-AZ fees and uses 95th percentile billing to smooth traffic spikes.

Sep
15

From VMware to OpenStack: The People and Process Side of Migration

Most VMware to OpenStack migration guides focus on technical differences, but successful transitions require organizational transformation. This comprehensive guide reveals why people and processes matter more than hypervisor specs, with practical steps for managing cultural change, skills development, and stakeholder buy-in during your OpenStack migration journey.

Sep
12

FinOps Guide for Predictable Infrastructure: Aligning IT Ops with Finance Goals

Discover how predictable, flat-rate infrastructure transforms FinOps maturity. This comprehensive guide shows CFOs, CTOs, and FinOps teams how to achieve cost visibility, accurate allocation, and effective governance without billing surprises. Learn implementation strategies, KPIs, and best practices for aligning Technology and Finance teams through transparent infrastructure pricing.

Sep
12

Secure Multi-Tenant Development Environments with OpenMetal Private Cloud Sandboxes

Learn how development teams can create secure multi-tenant sandbox environments using OpenMetal’s private cloud platform. Discover the benefits of dedicated hardware isolation, Ceph snapshots, confidential computing, and fixed-cost pricing for dev/test workloads.

Sep
12

The Future of Hybrid Cloud: Why ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Clouds Are Over

Enterprise IT leaders are abandoning universal cloud myths for fit-for-purpose hybrid strategies. Learn why different workloads need different infrastructure and how to build cloud portfolios that optimize cost, performance, and compliance across private, public, and specialized environments.

Sep
12

High-Performance Bare Metal for Validator Networks: Reducing Latency, Increasing Rewards

Discover how bare metal infrastructure eliminates public cloud bottlenecks that impact validator performance. Learn why dedicated hardware, predictable networking, and fixed pricing models directly translate to higher staking rewards and better validator economics in proof-of-stake networks.

Sep
11

Why CFOs Should Partner with Operating Partners on Cloud Spend Reduction

Cloud costs eating your EBITDA? CFOs and Operating Partners need strategic alignment to tackle unpredictable public cloud pricing. Discover how fixed pricing models deliver 20-30% savings and financial predictability for PE-backed SaaS companies.

Sep
10

Confidential Computing for High-Performance Workloads: Balancing Security, GPUs, and Speed

Learn how confidential computing enables secure, high-performance workloads by combining Intel TDX hardware isolation with GPU acceleration. Explore real-world applications in AI training, blockchain validation, and financial analytics while maintaining data confidentiality and computational speed.

Sep
10

Building a Private HPC Cluster for Scientific and Financial Modeling

Discover how to build private HPC clusters that deliver the performance, control, and cost predictability your scientific simulations and financial models demand. Learn about hardware configurations, network architecture, and deployment strategies that outperform traditional cloud options.

Sep
09

Using Greenplum to Build a Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) Data Warehouse on OpenMetal

Learn how to build a massively parallel processing data warehouse using Greenplum on OpenMetal’s bare metal infrastructure. Discover architecture best practices, performance advantages, and cost optimization strategies for large-scale analytical workloads that outperform traditional public cloud deployments.

Sep
08

A Blueprint for a Private 5G Core on OpenStack

Learn how OpenStack-powered infrastructure addresses the unique challenges of deploying private 5G core networks, offering telecom operators faster deployment, predictable costs, and open architecture that modern 5G implementations demand while avoiding public cloud limitations.

Sep
06

Why Network Architecture Still Matters in the Age of the Cloud

The cloud era promised invisible networking, but today’s AI workloads, hybrid strategies, and compliance requirements demand architectural control. OpenMetal’s hosted private cloud treats networking as a strategic advantage through transparent pricing, dedicated bandwidth, and true isolation.

Sep
05

Private Cloud for Blockchain Consortia: Secure Collaboration Without Public Cloud Trade-Offs

Private cloud infrastructure solves the unique challenges blockchain consortia face with public cloud – eliminating data egress fees, noisy neighbor effects, and compliance complexity while enabling secure multi-party collaboration with predictable costs and performance.

Sep
04

From Invisible to Visible: Why the Future of Cloud Infrastructure Demands Transparency

Enterprise cloud infrastructure shouldn’t be a black box. Learn why OpenMetal’s transparent approach with visible pricing, dedicated bare metal, and full operational control delivers better outcomes than invisible hyperscale cloud platforms for CFOs and CTOs.

Sep
04

Building Repeatable and Compliant Private Clouds: Terraform with OpenMetal

Discover how Terraform transforms OpenMetal’s OpenStack and Ceph infrastructure into repeatable, auditable code. This comprehensive guide covers IaC implementation, compliance workflows, and practical examples for building enterprise-grade

Sep
04

Architecting for Large Memory Workloads with OpenStack on OpenMetal

Discover how OpenMetal’s high-memory servers (up to 2TB DDR5 RAM) and OpenStack architecture deliver superior performance and cost predictability for memory-intensive workloads like in-memory databases, ML training, and big data analytics compared to public cloud alternatives.

Sep
03

Scaling Blockchain Startups in a Portfolio: The Infrastructure Cost Curve

Discover how portfolio managers are transforming blockchain startup growth with predictable infrastructure costs. OpenMetal’s fixed-cost bare metal eliminates unpredictable cloud expenses, delivering 30-60% savings when monthly spend hits $20,000. Learn the infrastructure strategy that’s reshaping blockchain investment returns.

Sep
03

Real-Time Data Processing with Apache Storm/Flink on OpenMetal

Learn how OpenMetal’s bare metal servers and private clouds eliminate performance jitters in Apache Storm/Flink deployments, delivering consistent low-latency stream processing with predictable costs and full hardware control for enterprise real-time data workloads.

Sep
02

Private Cloud for Confidential Computing: Building a Controlled Environment for Sensitive Data

Discover how private cloud infrastructure provides the controlled environment needed for confidential computing workloads. Learn about hardware isolation, network security, and why dedicated infrastructure beats public cloud for sensitive data processing.

Sep
02

A Blueprint for Hybrid On-Premises and Private Cloud Infrastructure

Businesses with on-premises investments can augment existing data centers with private cloud rather than doing a full cloud migration. Learn how OpenMetal’s hybrid approach preserves your investments while delivering on-demand flexibility, security, and 30-60% cost savings.

Aug
29

Building a Petabyte-Scale Video Archive with Fixed-Cost Ceph

Discover how to build cost-effective petabyte-scale video archives using Ceph storage with fixed monthly costs, generous egress allowances, and erasure coding that nearly doubles usable storage capacity compared to traditional cloud providers.

Aug
28

Ceph Clusters for Blockchain: Scalable Storage for Nodes, State, and Historical Data

Blockchain infrastructure demands storage that scales with validator nodes, terabytes of historical data, and unpredictable state growth. Ceph distributed storage offers a unified solution that handles these challenges while eliminating the unpredictable costs and performance bottlenecks of traditional cloud storage.

Aug
27

Bare Metal Confidential Computing: Why Dedicated Hardware Beats Virtualized Enclaves

Bare metal confidential computing eliminates virtualization overhead, resource constraints, and unpredictable costs. OpenMetal’s dedicated TDX servers deliver consistent performance for sensitive AI, blockchain, and financial workloads where security can’t be compromised.

Aug
27

Micron 7500 MAX: Dual Drive vs Single Drive Architecture on Bare Metal for Mission-Critical Databases

Discover why dual smaller NVMe drives outperform single larger drives for enterprise databases on bare metal infrastructure. Learn about workload separation, parallel I/O, and endurance benefits with Micron 7500 MAX SSDs on OpenMetal’s XLv4 and XXLv4 servers for mission-critical applications.

Aug
27

Deployment and Optimization Strategies for Apache Spark and Hadoop Clusters on OpenMetal

Learn how to deploy and optimize Apache Spark and Hadoop clusters on OpenMetal’s bare metal infrastructure. This comprehensive guide covers deployment strategies, storage architecture, system tuning, and real-world optimization techniques for maximum performance and cost efficiency.

Aug
27

From Invisible to Strategic: Why Enterprise Network Architecture Matters More Than Ever

While public clouds promise invisible networking, this abstraction creates hidden costs and performance limitations. Explore how transparent network architecture with predictable billing models like 95th percentile can dramatically reduce egress costs and improve performance for AI workloads, SaaS platforms, and hybrid cloud strategies.

Aug
26

Why Infrastructure Optimization Should Be an Operating Partner KPI

Private equity operating partners are missing a major value creation opportunity by not tracking infrastructure optimization as a KPI. Cloud costs often represent 50% of software companies’ revenue, directly impacting EBITDA and valuations. This guide shows how to make infrastructure efficiency measurable and systematically improve portfolio company margins through predictable, optimized infrastructure strategies.

Aug
26

From Serverless to Private Cloud: Bringing MicroVM Speed and Isolation In-House

Explore the evolution from public serverless to private cloud serverless platforms. Learn how microVM technologies like Firecracker and Cloud Hypervisor enable enterprises to build in-house serverless solutions with predictable costs, better performance, and no vendor lock-in on OpenMetal infrastructure.

Aug
25

Kubernetes on a Private Cloud: Cost and Performance vs. EKS and GKE

Managed Kubernetes services like EKS and GKE promise convenience but deliver inflated costs, performance limitations, and vendor lock-in. Private cloud delivers 50% cost savings, consistent performance through dedicated hardware, and complete infrastructure control for growing organizations.

Aug
24

Optimizing Public Cloud vs. Choosing a Private Cloud Alternative: A Thought Starter for CFOs & CTOs

A thought starter for CFOs and CTOs evaluating cloud infrastructure costs. Compare tactical public cloud optimization strategies against private cloud alternatives like OpenMetal’s flat-rate pricing model. Learn when to optimize existing cloud spend versus shifting to predictable private infrastructure.

Aug
22

Optimizing Your CI/CD Pipeline with an OpenStack-Powered Private Cloud

Tired of unpredictable cloud bills and slow CI/CD builds? Discover how OpenMetal’s OpenStack-powered private cloud delivers 10x faster deployment times, eliminates noisy neighbor problems, and provides fixed-cost infrastructure that molds to your development team’s needs.

Aug
22

Intel TDX Performance Benchmarks on Bare Metal: Optimizing Confidential Blockchain and AI Workloads

Discover how Intel TDX performs on bare metal infrastructure with detailed benchmarks for blockchain validators and AI workloads. Learn optimization strategies for confidential computing on OpenMetal’s v4 servers with 20 Gbps networking and GPU passthrough capabilities.

Aug
21

Architecting an End-to-End AI Storage Pipeline on Ceph: From Model Files to Results

Discover how OpenMetal’s on-demand private cloud with integrated Ceph storage eliminates AI infrastructure bottlenecks. Real customer case study shows 50% cost reduction and seamless scaling from 0.5PB to 1.9PB capacity. Get enterprise-grade performance with predictable pricing.

Aug
21

Dedicated VLANs and VXLANs: The Foundation for Secure Multi-Tenant Environments

Learn how OpenMetal’s dedicated VLAN and VXLAN-ready private cloud architecture provides secure multi-tenant environments with true Layer 2 isolation, unlimited scalability, and unmetered 20 Gbps private networking for compliance-ready deployments.

Aug
20

Confidential Computing Infrastructure: Future-Proofing AI, Blockchain, and SaaS Products

Learn how confidential computing infrastructure secures AI training, blockchain validators, and SaaS customer data using hardware-based Trusted Execution Environments. Discover OpenMetal’s approach to practical deployment without operational complexity.

Aug
20

A Data Architect’s Guide to Migrating Big Data Workloads to OpenMetal

Learn how to successfully migrate your big data workloads from public cloud platforms to OpenMetal’s dedicated private cloud infrastructure. This practical guide covers assessment, planning, execution, and optimization strategies that reduce risk while maximizing performance and cost benefits for Hadoop, Spark, and other big data frameworks.

Aug
19

Infrastructure Consistency for SaaS Companies: Scaling Without Losing Control

Infrastructure inconsistency silently undermines SaaS scalability, creating performance unpredictability, security gaps, and operational complexity. This comprehensive guide shows technical leaders how to achieve consistency without sacrificing agility through dedicated private cloud infrastructure, standardized deployment patterns, and systematic implementation strategies that prevent configuration drift while supporting rapid growth.

Aug
18

Why a Hosted Private Cloud is the Modern Colocation Alternative

Traditional colocation offers hardware control but comes with hidden costs, complex procurement, and operational headaches. Hosted private cloud delivers the same dedicated hardware benefits with cloud-like simplicity, predictable monthly costs, and immediate deployment. Perfect for cloud repatriation.

Aug
15

Choosing the Right Infrastructure for Privacy-Centric Blockchain Apps

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.

Aug
14

How Root Access to Your Ceph Cluster Improves Performance

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.

Aug
13

Architecting Your Predictive Analytics Pipeline on OpenMetal for Speed and Accuracy

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.

Aug
12

How Hidden Cloud Costs Quietly Erode Portfolio EBITDA

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.

Aug
12

How a Unified Private Cloud Storage Architecture Saves Money

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.

Aug
12

OpenMetal’s Fixed-Cost Cloud Pricing vs. RUM Pricing: Financial and Strategic Advantages for IT Leaders

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.

Aug
11

How PE Firms Can Reduce Cloud Costs Across Their SaaS Portfolio with OpenMetal

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.

Aug
11

20 Gbps NICs and Free Internal Traffic Matter: The Hidden Power of OpenMetal’s Private Networking

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.

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Discover how GPU acceleration transforms blockchain applications with AI-driven smart contracts. Learn why bare metal infrastructure provides the performance, security, and cost predictability needed for next-generation blockchain workloads that integrate machine learning and decentralized computing.

Public cloud’s infinite shelf promise masked the need for capacity discipline, creating unpredictable costs and architectural debt. Discover how predictable infrastructure models like OpenMetal’s hosted private cloud transform capacity planning from reactive firefighting into proactive strategic advantage for CTOs.

Enterprise cloud networking costs have become unpredictable budget wild cards. AWS, GCP, and Azure charge per-GB for internal traffic, creating cost volatility that punishes distributed architectures. OpenMetal’s two-network model eliminates cross-AZ fees and uses 95th percentile billing to smooth traffic spikes.

Most VMware to OpenStack migration guides focus on technical differences, but successful transitions require organizational transformation. This comprehensive guide reveals why people and processes matter more than hypervisor specs, with practical steps for managing cultural change, skills development, and stakeholder buy-in during your OpenStack migration journey.

Discover how predictable, flat-rate infrastructure transforms FinOps maturity. This comprehensive guide shows CFOs, CTOs, and FinOps teams how to achieve cost visibility, accurate allocation, and effective governance without billing surprises. Learn implementation strategies, KPIs, and best practices for aligning Technology and Finance teams through transparent infrastructure pricing.

Learn how development teams can create secure multi-tenant sandbox environments using OpenMetal’s private cloud platform. Discover the benefits of dedicated hardware isolation, Ceph snapshots, confidential computing, and fixed-cost pricing for dev/test workloads.

Enterprise IT leaders are abandoning universal cloud myths for fit-for-purpose hybrid strategies. Learn why different workloads need different infrastructure and how to build cloud portfolios that optimize cost, performance, and compliance across private, public, and specialized environments.

Discover how bare metal infrastructure eliminates public cloud bottlenecks that impact validator performance. Learn why dedicated hardware, predictable networking, and fixed pricing models directly translate to higher staking rewards and better validator economics in proof-of-stake networks.

Cloud costs eating your EBITDA? CFOs and Operating Partners need strategic alignment to tackle unpredictable public cloud pricing. Discover how fixed pricing models deliver 20-30% savings and financial predictability for PE-backed SaaS companies.

Learn how confidential computing enables secure, high-performance workloads by combining Intel TDX hardware isolation with GPU acceleration. Explore real-world applications in AI training, blockchain validation, and financial analytics while maintaining data confidentiality and computational speed.

Discover how to build private HPC clusters that deliver the performance, control, and cost predictability your scientific simulations and financial models demand. Learn about hardware configurations, network architecture, and deployment strategies that outperform traditional cloud options.

Learn how to build a massively parallel processing data warehouse using Greenplum on OpenMetal’s bare metal infrastructure. Discover architecture best practices, performance advantages, and cost optimization strategies for large-scale analytical workloads that outperform traditional public cloud deployments.

The cloud era promised invisible networking, but today’s AI workloads, hybrid strategies, and compliance requirements demand architectural control. OpenMetal’s hosted private cloud treats networking as a strategic advantage through transparent pricing, dedicated bandwidth, and true isolation.

Private cloud infrastructure solves the unique challenges blockchain consortia face with public cloud – eliminating data egress fees, noisy neighbor effects, and compliance complexity while enabling secure multi-party collaboration with predictable costs and performance.

Enterprise cloud infrastructure shouldn’t be a black box. Learn why OpenMetal’s transparent approach with visible pricing, dedicated bare metal, and full operational control delivers better outcomes than invisible hyperscale cloud platforms for CFOs and CTOs.

Discover how portfolio managers are transforming blockchain startup growth with predictable infrastructure costs. OpenMetal’s fixed-cost bare metal eliminates unpredictable cloud expenses, delivering 30-60% savings when monthly spend hits $20,000. Learn the infrastructure strategy that’s reshaping blockchain investment returns.

Discover how private cloud infrastructure provides the controlled environment needed for confidential computing workloads. Learn about hardware isolation, network security, and why dedicated infrastructure beats public cloud for sensitive data processing.

Blockchain infrastructure demands storage that scales with validator nodes, terabytes of historical data, and unpredictable state growth. Ceph distributed storage offers a unified solution that handles these challenges while eliminating the unpredictable costs and performance bottlenecks of traditional cloud storage.

Bare metal confidential computing eliminates virtualization overhead, resource constraints, and unpredictable costs. OpenMetal’s dedicated TDX servers deliver consistent performance for sensitive AI, blockchain, and financial workloads where security can’t be compromised.

Discover why dual smaller NVMe drives outperform single larger drives for enterprise databases on bare metal infrastructure. Learn about workload separation, parallel I/O, and endurance benefits with Micron 7500 MAX SSDs on OpenMetal’s XLv4 and XXLv4 servers for mission-critical applications.

Learn how to deploy and optimize Apache Spark and Hadoop clusters on OpenMetal’s bare metal infrastructure. This comprehensive guide covers deployment strategies, storage architecture, system tuning, and real-world optimization techniques for maximum performance and cost efficiency.

While public clouds promise invisible networking, this abstraction creates hidden costs and performance limitations. Explore how transparent network architecture with predictable billing models like 95th percentile can dramatically reduce egress costs and improve performance for AI workloads, SaaS platforms, and hybrid cloud strategies.

Private equity operating partners are missing a major value creation opportunity by not tracking infrastructure optimization as a KPI. Cloud costs often represent 50% of software companies’ revenue, directly impacting EBITDA and valuations. This guide shows how to make infrastructure efficiency measurable and systematically improve portfolio company margins through predictable, optimized infrastructure strategies.

Explore the evolution from public serverless to private cloud serverless platforms. Learn how microVM technologies like Firecracker and Cloud Hypervisor enable enterprises to build in-house serverless solutions with predictable costs, better performance, and no vendor lock-in on OpenMetal infrastructure.

A thought starter for CFOs and CTOs evaluating cloud infrastructure costs. Compare tactical public cloud optimization strategies against private cloud alternatives like OpenMetal’s flat-rate pricing model. Learn when to optimize existing cloud spend versus shifting to predictable private infrastructure.

Discover how Intel TDX performs on bare metal infrastructure with detailed benchmarks for blockchain validators and AI workloads. Learn optimization strategies for confidential computing on OpenMetal’s v4 servers with 20 Gbps networking and GPU passthrough capabilities.

Discover how OpenMetal’s on-demand private cloud with integrated Ceph storage eliminates AI infrastructure bottlenecks. Real customer case study shows 50% cost reduction and seamless scaling from 0.5PB to 1.9PB capacity. Get enterprise-grade performance with predictable pricing.

Learn how OpenMetal’s dedicated VLAN and VXLAN-ready private cloud architecture provides secure multi-tenant environments with true Layer 2 isolation, unlimited scalability, and unmetered 20 Gbps private networking for compliance-ready deployments.

Learn how confidential computing infrastructure secures AI training, blockchain validators, and SaaS customer data using hardware-based Trusted Execution Environments. Discover OpenMetal’s approach to practical deployment without operational complexity.

Learn how to successfully migrate your big data workloads from public cloud platforms to OpenMetal’s dedicated private cloud infrastructure. This practical guide covers assessment, planning, execution, and optimization strategies that reduce risk while maximizing performance and cost benefits for Hadoop, Spark, and other big data frameworks.

Infrastructure inconsistency silently undermines SaaS scalability, creating performance unpredictability, security gaps, and operational complexity. This comprehensive guide shows technical leaders how to achieve consistency without sacrificing agility through dedicated private cloud infrastructure, standardized deployment patterns, and systematic implementation strategies that prevent configuration drift while supporting rapid growth.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

Learn how media companies can deploy OpenAI Whisper on a private GPU cloud for large-scale, real-time transcription, automated multilingual subtitling, and searchable archives. Ensure full data sovereignty, predictable costs, and enterprise-grade security for all your content workflows.

If you’re looking to simplify your multi-cloud strategy, combining Kubernetes with OpenStack is a powerful approach. OpenStack provides the core infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), and Kubernetes orchestrates your containerized applications on top of it, giving you a consistent platform everywhere. This guide gives you a straightforward look at how to plan, build, and manage a multi-cloud network using these two technologies.

Discover how IT teams can deploy BioGPT on OpenMetal’s dedicated NVIDIA GPU servers within a private cloud powered by OpenStack. Learn strategic best practices for compliance-ready setups (HIPAA, GDPR), high-performance inference, cost transparency, and in-house model fine-tuning for biomedical research.

Discover an in-depth comparison of Apache CloudStack vs. OpenStack for migrating from VMware. Technical buyers will learn about architectural differences, VMware integration strategies, migration utilities (virt-v2v, MigrateKit, Coriolis), and how OpenMetal’s managed private cloud powered by OpenStack can accelerate your transition with predictable pricing and SLA-backed support.

Explore how MicroVMs deliver fast, secure, and resource-efficient horizontal scaling for modern workloads like serverless platforms, high-concurrency APIs, and AI inference. Discover how OpenMetal’s high-performance private cloud and bare metal infrastructure supports scalable MicroVM deployments.

Struggling with an outdated, expensive legacy data warehouse like Oracle, SQL Server, or Teradata? This article offers Data Architects, CIOs, and DBAs a practical, phased roadmap to modernize by migrating to open source solutions on OpenMetal. Discover how to achieve superior performance, significant cost savings, elastic scalability, and freedom from vendor lock-in.

Explore CephFS metadata management in depth. This guide explains how CephFS separates metadata, uses Metadata Servers (MDS) with active-active setups, journaling, and caching for fast, scalable, and reliable POSIX-compliant storage. Understand its benefits for private clouds, HPC, and more.

Learn how to enable Intel SGX and TDX on OpenMetal’s Medium, Large, XL, and XXL v4 servers. This guide covers required memory configurations (8 DIMMs per CPU and 1TB RAM), hardware prerequisites, and a detailed cost comparison for provisioning SGX/TDX-ready infrastructure.

Choosing to build on open foundations is a strategic investment in flexibility, control, and future innovation. By tapping into the power of the open source ecosystem, organizations can build data lakes and lakehouses that are powerful and cost-effective today, and also ready to adapt to the data challenges and opportunities of tomorrow.

Discover how cloud resellers can offer scalable on-demand GPU services for AI/ML by leveraging OpenMetal’s Private GPU Servers. Learn about GPU time-slicing, MIG, virtualization strategies, and industry trends driving growth—plus key business benefits and real-world use cases.

Explore how OpenMetal’s transparent private cloud pricing model helps organizations eliminate surprise bills, cut data egress costs, and avoid licensing fees. With average real-world savings of over 50%, fixed monthly pricing, and open-source foundations, it’s a smarter alternative to public cloud.

Learn to deploy Ceph RGW in OpenStack for scalable S3 and Swift-compatible object storage. Covers installation, configuration, quotas, Keystone integration, integrating Glance images and Cinder backups, performance monitoring and tuning, advanced multi-site replication, lifecycle rules, encryption, and tagging.

Discover how OpenMetal delivers performance and flexibility through tiered cloud storage options. Learn the pros and use cases of direct-attached NVMe, Ceph-based high availability block storage, and scalable, low-cost erasure-coded object storage—all integrated into OpenStack.

Discover the power of the OpenMetal Large v4 Storage Server with dual Intel Xeon Silver 4510 CPUs, 720TB HDD storage, 76.8TB NVMe flash, and 512GB DDR5 RAM. Perfect for building high-performance, scalable, and resilient storage clusters for cloud, AI/ML, and enterprise data lakes.

A practical guide into OpenStack multi-tenant environments. Understand the underlying architecture, component interactions (Keystone, Nova, Neutron), configuration steps for secure tenant isolation, resource quota management, and more advanced tips for security and performance tuning.

Many AI startups default to public cloud and face soaring costs, performance issues, and compliance risks. This article explores how private AI infrastructure delivers predictable pricing, dedicated resources, and better business outcomes—setting you up for success.

In a recent live webinar, OpenMetal’s Todd Robinson sat down with Emrul Islam from Kasm Technologies to explore how container-based Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and infrastructure flexibility can empower teams tackling everything from machine learning research to high-security operations.

With the new OpenMetal Private AI Labs program, you can access private GPU servers and clusters tailored for your AI projects. By joining, you’ll receive up to $50,000 in usage credits to test, build, and scale your AI workloads.

As blockchain technology moves beyond cryptocurrency, more companies are running blockchain workloads on bare metal to meet growing demands for speed, security, and control. This post explores how it works, why it matters, and where it’s already being used in real-world industries.

Ceph is a distributed storage system designed for scalability, high availability, and data durability. It manages data across clusters using robust replication strategies and a well-defined consistency model. This article talks about Ceph’s replication strategies, write processes, consistency guarantees, and failure recovery mechanisms.

Discover how machine learning and data analytics teams could accelerate training, inference, and data pipelines using OpenMetal’s infrastructure. This example setup combines a Large v3 Cloud Core with high-capacity Storage v3 servers, NVMe speed, and 95th percentile egress pricing.

The OpenMetal Large v1 Storage Server features dual Intel® Xeon® Silver 4210R CPUs, 12x 12TB HDDs, and 4x 1.92TB NVMe SSDs—ideal for scalable, high-capacity storage and Ceph-based clusters.

Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) is an instruction set designed to improve AI inference performance on CPUs. It enhances the execution of matrix multiplication operations—a core component of many deep learning workloads—directly on Intel Xeon processors. AMX is part of Intel’s broader move to make CPUs more viable for AI inference by introducing architectural accelerations that can significantly improve throughput without relying on GPUs.

As demand for AI and machine learning infrastructure accelerates, hardware decisions increasingly affect both model performance and operational costs. The NVIDIA A100 and H100 are two of the most widely adopted GPUs for large-scale AI workloads. While both support advanced features like Multi-Instance GPU (MIG), they differ significantly in performance, architecture, and use case suitability.

Explore real-world solutions to AI deployment challenges—from managing secure, container-based environments to scaling GPU infrastructure efficiently. Learn how Kasm Workspaces and OpenMetal enable secure collaboration, cost control, and streamlined experimentation for AI teams.

Discover the OpenMetal Large v3 Storage Server, featuring 12x18TB HDDs, customizable NVMe flash options up to 15.36TB per drive, and the Intel Xeon Silver 4314 processor. Ideal for Ceph-based clusters, it delivers scalable performance, hot-swappable flexibility, and enterprise-grade storage.

Healthcare organizations have a lot on their plate, and keeping patient data secure is a top priority. With cyber threats on the rise and HIPAA regulations to follow, it’s crucial to have a cloud infrastructure that’s not just reliable but also fully compliant. At OpenMetal, we take security seriously. Our cloud solutions are designed to help healthcare organizations and their partners keep Protected Health Information (PHI) safe while staying compliant with HIPAA. Here’s why that matters and how we make it happen.

Databases are central to OpenStack, storing metadata and managing service states. Optimizing them can reduce response times, lower resource usage, and save costs. Learn how to improve your OpenStack powered private cloud’s database performance with effective tuning strategies, helpful monitoring tools, and practical scaling methods.

DDoS attacks can cripple your OpenStack private cloud if you don’t have the right protection. Learn how to build a layered defense using OpenStack tools, external services, and proactive monitoring. And discover how OpenMetal offers a secure, cost-effective solution with private hardware, SDN, and fixed pricing, eliminating the unpredictable costs and security risks of public cloud.

Broadcom’s VMware acquisition is disrupting the virtualization landscape, forcing companies to seek alternatives. In a recent webinar, experts from OpenInfra Foundation and OpenMetal explored the impact of this shift and why OpenStack is emerging as a powerful, future-proof solution. This article highlights key takeaways from their discussion.

This article highlights OpenMetal’s perspective on AI infrastructure, as shared by Todd Robinson at OpenInfra Days 2025. It explores how OpenInfra, particularly OpenStack, enables scalable, cost-efficient AI workloads while avoiding hyperscaler lock-in.

Ensure your OpenStack cloud infrastructure meets business needs while managing costs, resources, and performance. Learn how to monitor key metrics, leverage powerful tools like Ceilometer and Prometheus, and implement best practices for efficient resource allocation.

Managing your private cloud just got easier! OpenMetal Central network management now includes advanced tools for VLAN segmentation, IP address tracking, and enhanced visibility across your infrastructure. Whether you’re running a single private cloud or a multi-cloud environment, these new features give you greater control, security, and scalability—all from a single interface. Explore the latest updates today!

At OpenMetal, every bare metal server is deployed with dual high-speed 10Gbps uplinks, providing a critical layer of both performance scalability and fault tolerance. To fully leverage these redundant connections, OpenMetal configures these uplinks as a bonded logical interface using Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP).

At OpenMetal, we design our bare metal servers for high availability, ensuring resilience across private clouds and storage clusters. To protect the operating system from hardware failures, many servers feature dual boot drives in RAID 1, providing redundancy and seamless recovery.

The transition to revolutionary technologies is often met with hesitation, especially when it involves steering away from established giants like VMware or major public cloud platforms. Yet, as discussed in the recent Storware/OpenMetal Live Stream, there exists a compelling impetus to explore viable open-source alternatives that not only promise flexibility but are also economically feasible.

Discover the growing power of open source in big data! This guide explores how CTOs and SREs can use open source big data tools like Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka to build scalable, powerful, and cost-effective data platforms. Learn about the benefits, challenges, and best practices for adopting open source in your big data strategy.

Read through a detailed comparison of Intel vs Micron SSDs for business buyers. Explore performance benchmarks, real-world testing, and specific use cases for popular models like the Micron 7450 MAX and Intel DC-P4610. You’ll be able to make an informed choice for your storage needs.

OpenMetal’s Large Hosted Private Cloud delivers high-performance computing power with Intel Xeon processors, generous RAM, and NVMe SSDs. Ideal for demanding workloads like big data analytics, HPC, and ERP systems, it offers scalability, security, and control. Check out real-world and ideal use cases to learn about this hardware’s versatility across industries.

While colocation can be cost-effective at scale, it requires significant upfront investment and ongoing operational overhead. Private cloud offers a better solution, combining cost efficiency with operational flexibility. Learn how private cloud eliminates many of colocation’s hidden costs while providing the scalability and automation of public cloud.

Learn how to choose the right private cloud strategy for your business. This article compares the advantages of consolidating to a single, larger cloud vs. using multiple smaller servers, considering factors like efficiency, cost, and scalability. Explore real-world use cases and make informed decisions about your IT infrastructure.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.  

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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?

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

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.

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.

Forget the myth! Open source software, with its transparent code, fosters a global community of developers who constantly improve security. This public scrutiny leads to faster bug fixes and a proven track record of security, making open source a reliable and cost-effective option for businesses.

OpenStack Alternatives

Updated on July 30, 2025 by Avani Rampersad

Explore alternatives to OpenStack – Apache CloudStack, VMware vCloud, Proxmox, Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services. OpenStack is an open source platform composed of several independent components. These components interoperate with each other through Application Programming Interface (API).

Incorporating private clouds into your organization’s FinOps strategy offers numerous strategic advantages, particularly in terms of cost optimization and resource management. In addition to cost control and visibility that the private cloud, fixed cost model provides, private clouds offer flexibility in resource allocation and customization, enabling organizations to tailor hardware configurations for their specific workloads.

What Is ClickHouse?

Updated on August 11, 2025 by Avani Rampersad

ClickHouse is an open source columnar database management system created by Yandex in 2016. ClickHouse was designed to provide users with a rapid and efficient system for processing large-scale analytical queries on enormous  volumes of data. Today, organizations use ClickHouse for data warehousing, business intelligence, and analytical processing.

FinOps is more than shopping for the right price and then getting surprised by variable bandwidth costs, FinOps requires proactive management of variable cloud costs. FinOps is a cultural shift which fosters a collaborative culture within an organization, it requires all teams responsible for decision-making on cloud resources and optimizing the spend with carefully monitoring and reporting.

Who Is Using OpenStack?

Updated on August 7, 2025 by Avani Rampersad

Many organizations from various industries are using OpenStack as part of their cloud computing infrastructure. It may be surprising to see large scale use cases such as Walmart or China Mobile, or use cases in organizations like NASA who have stringent security regulations, but the ability of organizations to fine tune and customize OpenStack in the code makes it the ideal infrastructure software for organizations with the skills on hand to optimize their cloud as needed.

In the landscape of big data analytics, Apache Spark has emerged as a powerful tool for in memory big data processing. The foundation for maximizing Spark’s capabilities lies in the infrastructure. OpenMetal’s XL V2.1 servers offer a solution that marries high performance with cost-effectiveness for Spark clusters.

Shopping around for a new cloud service provider (CSP) is an oft-daunting task that most companies will have to deal with at least once. Reaching out to multiple providers, gathering information, trying to ensure that you ask all the right questions to make a good comparison and find the right fit for your organization. It can quickly become a blur of information!

This article and accompanying downloadable aim to make this process a bit more organized! We’ve laid out various questions in different categories such as cost, capabilities, and support that you’ll likely want to ask every vendor you speak with.

When it comes to raw performance metrics, GPUs often lead the pack. Their architecture is specifically tailored for the high-speed, parallel processing demands of AI tasks. However, this doesn’t always translate into a one-size-fits-all solution.

In this article, we’ll explore scenarios where CPUs might not only compete but potentially gain an upper hand, focusing on cost, efficiency, and application-specific performance.

The cloud has become a digital oasis, promising agility, scalability, and freedom from the shackles of on-premises infrastructure. But navigating it can be daunting, especially when faced with nearly unlimited cloud combinations – two of those being the choice between managed and hosted cloud services. Both offer the convenience of remote access and flexible resources, but beneath the surface lie distinct philosophies.

Cloud has matured dramatically in the last 10 years. In the beginning there were only a few cloud deployment model options. Today, in 2024, there are many easy and fast ways to get cloud. Let’s go through different cloud deployment models that are mature and provide a quality experience when measured against solid cloud native requirements.

Cloud Cost Optimization

Updated on May 21, 2025 by Avani Rampersad

Cloud cost optimization is the practice of efficiently managing the cost of your business’ cloud computing resources. An effective cloud cost optimization strategy ensures that your business gets the best value from its cloud investments. This strategy will find the right balance between performance, cost, compliance, and security for each workload or application your business has in the cloud.

Serverless computing offers a myriad of advantages but is not a universal solution. It represents a strategic choice, requiring careful consideration of application architecture, scalability needs, and financial models. If your business seeks an agile, cost-efficient, and scalable solution without the operational complexities of traditional server management, serverless computing might be the right path for your next project.

Considering a shift away from Google Cloud Platform (GCP)? While GCP is undeniably a major player in the cloud computing scene, the market is brimming with alternative solutions that might offer better value for your investment. With the increasing availability of cost-effective options, you might be questioning whether GCP aligns seamlessly with your current needs.

Ready to explore the advantages of on-premises clouds alongside Todd Robinson, the President of OpenMetal? Under his guidance, delve into the details and acquire valuable insights on establishing your very own on-premises cloud. This information will empower you to seamlessly transfer workloads away from AWS with ease.

 In the beginning there were only a few cloud deployment model options.  One of these, the public cloud deployment model, was dominant both marketing wise and in the quality of the cloud experience.  Unless you were ok to wait for 4 to 12 months for a quality private cloud your only options was “to move to the cloud” at AWS.

Explore this comprehensive guide on how Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) and technical executives can harness the power of on-demand private clouds for their organizations. In this blog post, we’ll explore the insights about the benefits and strategies of leveraging on-demand private clouds provided by Todd Robinson, President of Open Metal.

High unpredictable cloud bills are leading more organizations to search for more cost effective infrastructure solutions. To stay ahead of the competition without hemorrhaging capital organizations need efficient, scalable and cost-effective cloud solutions. In this blog, we’ll explore what Proxmox and OpenStack are, with a high-level comparison to help you decide which solution is best for your organization’s needs. 

CloudStack and OpenStack are two prominent open source solutions for cloud infrastructure management; understanding the key differences between them is crucial when choosing the right infrastructure for managing your workloads. In this blog, we will explore the differences between OpenStack and CloudStack, highlighting their strengths, weaknesses, and best use cases.

Many organizations are using Kubernetes to containerize their workloads because of the numerous benefits. These benefits include portability, scalability, reliability, automation and ecosystem. Running Kubernetes workloads on the wrong type of infrastructure can lead to a range of undesirable consequences such as: performance degradation, reliability issues, security vulnerabilities, and increased cost.
In this blog post, we’ll explore the key considerations you should keep in mind when choosing the right infrastructure to host your Kubernetes workloads.

OpenStack is one of the most popular open-source software solutions for cloud infrastructure. If you are tired of unpredictable public cloud bills or want more control over your infrastructure, you may be considering migrating workloads to an OpenStack cloud. Private OpenStack clouds are increasing in popularity as organizations seek to reduce cloud costs and have root level access to optimize their infrastructure for their workloads. This blog will cover everything you need to know about OpenStack and provide you with a step by step guide on how to get started on OpenStack. 

Security and access control are paramount to ensure the safety of data and resources when using clouds. If you’re running workloads on OpenStack clouds, then you will find Keystone to be a crucial project that will play a significant role in managing authentication and authorization for your cloud. In this blog, we will dive deep into Keystone’s Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) process, its importance, and how it empowers a stateless and scalable cloud infrastructure.

The blog delves into the technical intricacies of OpenStack Swift, a versatile data storage solution, explaining its features, use cases, and functionalities. Picture a virtual universe where your crucial files are kept safe, accessible, and effortlessly organized. That’s the remarkable world of OpenStack Swift – a potent tool that not only secures your data but also streamlines its management. At its core, OpenStack Swift is like a friendly bridge that connects people like you and me with object storage

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have been prominent topics within the technology landscape for an extended period. However, the emergence of AI such as OpenAI’s GPT-3 and Google Bard has elevated the excitement surrounding these advancements. GPT-3 stands as a language model capable of generating remarkably human-like text, garnering significant attention as a transformative force in the AI realm. Yet, how do these AI and ML technologies integrate with the realm of cloud computing? Moreover, what role do open-source cloud platforms like OpenStack play in propelling the progress of such sophisticated technologies?

vGPUs with OpenStack Nova

Updated on June 17, 2025 by Avani Rampersad

Virtualization has revolutionized the way we use computer resources. One particular element is virtual GPU (vGPU) that has ability to deliver high-performance graphics and accelerate complex tasks. vGPU has become indispensable in industries like desktop virtualization (VDI) and remote workstations, ML/AI workloads, and scientific research.  Within OpenStack clouds, the project Nova acts as a bridge between physical GPUs and the VMs that need GPU resources. Nova  efficiently manages and allocates virtual GPUs. In this blog, we will explore Nova and vGPUs, their practical applications, and the process of setting up vGPUs with OpenStack Nova.

In this video and accompanying article, OpenMetal Infrastructure and Platform Automations Engineer, Yuriy Shyyan, delves into the challenges and opportunities faced by growing businesses when it comes to cloud infrastructure costs and vendor dependency. We present OpenStack and Ceph as powerful tools for creating personalized cloud environments. With OpenStack and Ceph, organizations can regain control over their infrastructure, extracting more value.

Ready to dive into the world of cloud computing but not sure which cloud computing platform is best to learn? With the ever-increasing demand for cloud computing skills, a career in cloud computing is a safe bet, but the decision of which platform to learn can be overwhelming for anyone planning a career in cloud computing. In this article, I will compare AWS vs Azure vs GCP vs OpenStack and explore their pros and cons can why you may want to pursue a career working on one of these cloud platforms.