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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Explore the power of your own cloud. See it in action as a hosted private cloud, for SaaS companies, for hosting and cloud providers, for managed service providers, and much more. Check out transparent pricing, and even try a free trial.

Fundamental Advantage of Using OpenMetal

Your cloud uses private cloud resource management as it is fundamentally better for you.

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Cost Tipping Points

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.

New Blog Content

May
19

Why Enterprise AI Is Hitting an Infrastructure Wall in 2026

NTT DATA’s 2026 Global AI Report finds enterprise AI constrained not by model performance but by the infrastructure beneath it. This article covers what the research found, why the private vs sovereign AI distinction matters for infrastructure decisions, and what organizations getting ahead are doing differently right now.

May
18

The Data Behind the Private Cloud Comeback in 2026

The private cloud resurgence isn’t anecdotal. OpenStack deployments are set to quadruple by 2029, 21% of cloud workloads have already been repatriated, and VMware is projected to lose 35% of workloads within two years of Broadcom’s licensing changes. This article pulls the data together and explains what’s actually driving the shift.

May
15

OpenMetal Persistent NVMe vs AWS i4i Ephemeral Storage

Q: What is the difference between OpenMetal’s persistent NVMe and AWS i4i ephemeral instance storage? OpenMetal Large v5 ships with 12.8 TB of local NVMe that persists across reboots and

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May
15

OpenMetal vs AWS Cost for Dedicated Granite Rapids

Q: Is OpenMetal cheaper than AWS for dedicated Granite Rapids servers? For sustained workloads, yes — the OpenMetal Large v5 (dedicated Granite Rapids bare metal) typically delivers close to 50%

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May
15

OpenMetal Large v5 vs AWS i4i Comparison

Q: How does the OpenMetal Large v5 compare to AWS i4i instances? The Large v5 delivers 32 dedicated Granite Rapids cores, 512 GB DDR5-6400, 12.8 TB of persistent local NVMe,

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May
15

TDX VMs on OpenMetal Large v5 Hosted Private Cloud

Q: Can I run TDX-protected VMs on an OpenMetal Large v5 Hosted Private Cloud cluster? No — Intel TDX is supported on OpenMetal bare metal Large v5 servers only, not

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May
15

OpenMetal Large v5 HPC Ceph Usable Storage

Q: How much usable storage does a 3-node Large v5 Hosted Private Cloud Ceph cluster provide? A 3-node Large v5 Hosted Private Cloud delivers 38.4 TB of raw NVMe capacity,

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May
15

HIPAA BAA for OpenMetal Large v5 TDX Workloads

Q: Does OpenMetal sign a HIPAA BAA for TDX-protected workloads on the Large v5? Yes — OpenMetal is HIPAA compliant at the organizational level and signs Business Associate Agreements for

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May
15

Combining SGX and TDX on the OpenMetal Large v5

Q: Can I combine Intel SGX enclaves with TDX guest VMs on the OpenMetal Large v5? Yes — SGX and TDX work in parallel on the Xeon 6517P; the typical

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May
15

Upgrading a Deployed OpenMetal Large v5 to TDX

Q: How do I upgrade a deployed OpenMetal Large v5 to enable Intel TDX? Schedule the upgrade with OpenMetal: 8 additional DDR5-6400 DIMMs are added to populate all 16 slots,

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May
15

OpenMetal Large v5 Intel TDX Confidential Computing

Q: Does the OpenMetal Large v5 support Intel TDX confidential computing? Yes — the Large v5’s Xeon 6517P processors support Intel TDX, but activation requires upgrading from the base 512

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May
15

OpenMetal Large v5 L3 Cache for Database and Analytics

Q: How does the larger L3 cache on the Large v5 improve database and analytics workloads? The Large v5’s 144 MB total L3 cache (72 MB per Xeon 6517P) is

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May
15

OpenMetal Large v5 NVMe Drive Specs

Q: What NVMe drives does OpenMetal use in the Large v5 bare metal server? The Large v5 ships with 2x 6.4 TB Micron 7500 MAX U.3 NVMe SSDs (12.8 TB

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May
15

OpenMetal Large v5 Drive Bay Capacity

Q: How many drive bays does the OpenMetal Large v5 support? The Large v5 chassis supports 10 total drive bays — 2 are populated by default with 6.4 TB Micron

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May
15

OpenMetal Large v5 Memory Bandwidth

Q: What is the memory bandwidth of the OpenMetal Large v5 with DDR5-6400? The Large v5 delivers approximately 819 GB/s of aggregate memory bandwidth — 512 GB of DDR5-6400 across

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May
15

Intel Xeon 6517P on the OpenMetal Large v5

Q: What is the Intel Xeon 6517P (Granite Rapids) and why did OpenMetal pick it for the Large v5? The Xeon 6517P is Intel’s Granite Rapids server CPU on the

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May
15

OpenMetal Large v4 vs Large v5 Comparison

Q: What is the difference between the OpenMetal Large v4 and Large v5 bare metal servers? The Large v5 replaces the Large v4 with Granite Rapids CPUs on Intel 3,

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May
15

OpenMetal Large v5 vs AWS i4i — Dedicated Bare Metal vs Cloud Infrastructure

This comparison sets the OpenMetal Large v5 bare metal server against AWS i4i family instances, the closest AWS profile for storage-heavy workloads needing persistent NVMe and high I/O. The structural

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May
15

Hosted Private Cloud — Large v5 — Granite Rapids Intel Xeon 6517P, 512GB DDR5 per Node, OpenStack + Ceph

The Large v5 Hosted Private Cloud is a three-node OpenStack and Ceph cluster built on OpenMetal’s current-generation Large v5 bare metal hardware. Each node contributes dual Xeon 6517P processors (Granite

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May
15

Bare Metal Server — Large v5 TDX Edition — Intel Xeon 6517P, 1TB DDR5-6400, Micron 7500 MAX

The Large v5 TDX Edition is the Large v5 bare metal server configured with a 1 TB DDR5-6400 memory upgrade that activates Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) on the dual

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May
15

Bare Metal Server — Large v5 — Granite Rapids Intel Xeon 6517P, 512GB DDR5-6400, Micron 7500 MAX

The Large v5 is OpenMetal’s current-generation mid-tier bare metal server, built on dual Intel Xeon 6517P processors on the Granite Rapids architecture (Intel 3 process node). It replaces the Large

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May
15

What the 2026 Hardware Supply Crisis Means for Your Infrastructure Budget

The 2026 hardware supply crisis is real and affecting every infrastructure provider. This article explains what’s driving component cost increases, how hyperscaler pricing absorbs and amplifies supply shocks, what fixed-cost dedicated infrastructure actually protects you from, and what OpenMetal’s new v5 hardware delivers in the current market.

May
14

The Hidden Complexity of Managed Kubernetes

EKS, GKE, and AKS manage less than most teams expect. This article covers the real operational gaps in managed Kubernetes: provider lock-in that accumulates quietly, upgrade cycles that break things, hidden costs that don’t show up in the Kubernetes line item, and compliance gaps that are hard to close on shared infrastructure.

May
13

What Singapore’s National AI Strategy Means for Your Stack

Singapore’s National AI Strategy 2.0, Budget 2026, and billions in hyperscaler investment have made it one of APAC’s most active AI markets. This article covers what the strategy’s governance and data sovereignty requirements actually demand from infrastructure, and how dedicated private cloud fits into a compliant AI stack in Singapore.

May
08

Why Organizations Are Taking Another Look at Ceph in 2026

MinIO’s move to a commercial licensing model has pushed a lot of teams to look harder at their object storage options. This article covers why Ceph’s open governance model matters for long-term infrastructure decisions, what the platform offers on its own merits, and what moving from MinIO to Ceph actually looks like in practice.

May
07

How to Choose the Right Data Center Location for Your Infrastructure

Most organizations default to the closest data center and revisit that decision only when something breaks. This guide covers the four factors that should drive location decisions and walks through OpenMetal’s Ashburn, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, and Singapore locations so you can match the right infrastructure to your actual requirements.

May
06

The Infrastructure Foundations of Digital Sovereignty

Digital sovereignty is more than compliance or data residency. This article explores how infrastructure control, open architecture, interoperability, and operational transparency determine whether organizations truly retain independence in modern cloud environments.

May
04

What the Specs Don’t Tell You About Running Sui, Aptos, or Solana

The official hardware specs for Sui, Aptos, and Solana tell you the minimums. They don’t explain why those numbers exist, what happens when your hosting can’t actually deliver them, or how shared cloud infrastructure fails these workloads in specific and predictable ways.

May
01

What SaaS Companies Get Wrong About Private Cloud

Private cloud evaluations at SaaS companies usually stall on the same handful of concerns: ops complexity, losing managed services, scale requirements, migration risk, and unpredictable pricing. This article addresses each misconception directly and explains what a private cloud evaluation actually looks like in practice.

Apr
30

How MSPs Can Win Clients With Compliance and Private Cloud

Enterprise clients in regulated industries are asking harder infrastructure questions than most MSPs are equipped to answer. This article covers where the Microsoft stack has limits for compliance workloads, what private cloud adds to an MSP’s portfolio, and how to start without overhauling your entire stack.

Apr
28

Is Your AI Infrastructure Ready for the EU AI Act?

EU AI Act compliance is more than a legal project, but an architecture decision. This article breaks down the four infrastructure requirements high-risk AI systems must meet, where public cloud creates compliance gaps, and how dedicated EU infrastructure with hardware-level isolation changes the picture.

Apr
25

Hosted Private Cloud — Medium v5 — Granite Rapids Intel Xeon 6505P, 768GB DDR5, Micron 7500 MAX

The Hosted Private Cloud Medium v5 is a three-node OpenStack and Ceph cluster built on the same Medium v5 hardware available as a standalone bare metal server. Each node contributes

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Apr
25

OpenMetal Medium v5 vs AWS i4i — Dedicated Infrastructure vs Shared Cloud

This page compares the OpenMetal Bare Metal Medium v5 against the AWS i4i.8xlarge, the closest EC2 instance by RAM and NVMe storage profile. The comparison is structural: tenancy model, billing

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Apr
25

Bare Metal Server — Medium v5 TDX Edition — Xeon 6505P, 1TB DDR5, Micron 7500 MAX

The OpenMetal Medium v5 TDX Edition is the same Granite Rapids Xeon 6505P server as the standard Medium v5, configured with all 16 DIMM slots populated at 1 TB DDR5-6400

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Apr
25

Bare Metal Server — Medium v5 — Granite Rapids Intel Xeon 6505P, 256GB DDR5, Micron 7500 MAX

The OpenMetal Medium v5 is the entry server in the v5 Granite Rapids lineup, built on dual Intel Xeon 6505P processors (Granite Rapids, Intel 3 process). It replaces the Medium

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Apr
25

OpenMetal Medium v5 Bare Metal Server Specifications

Q: What are the specs of the OpenMetal Medium v5 bare metal server? Dual Intel Xeon 6505P processors (Granite Rapids, Intel 3) power the OpenMetal Medium v5, delivering 24 physical

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Apr
25

OpenMetal Medium v5 vs Medium v4: Key Changes

Q: How does the OpenMetal Medium v5 compare to the Medium v4? Switching from the Medium v4 to the Medium v5 brings 113% more L3 cache per socket (48 MB

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Apr
25

Intel Xeon Silver 4510 vs Xeon 6505P: Architecture Comparison

Q: What is the difference between the Intel Xeon Silver 4510 and the Intel Xeon 6505P? The Xeon 6505P (Granite Rapids, Intel 3 process) more than doubles the L3 cache

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Apr
25

NVMe Drives in the OpenMetal Medium v5 Bare Metal Server

Q: What NVMe drives does OpenMetal use in the Medium v5 bare metal server? The OpenMetal Medium v5 uses the Micron 7500 MAX 6.4 TB NVMe as its data drive,

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Apr
25

Maximum RAM in the OpenMetal Medium v5 Bare Metal Server

Q: What is the maximum RAM in an OpenMetal Medium v5 bare metal server? The OpenMetal Medium v5 supports up to 2 TB of DDR5-6400 ECC RDIMM across its 16

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Apr
25

Intel TDX Support on the OpenMetal Medium v5

Q: Does the OpenMetal Medium v5 support Intel TDX confidential computing? The OpenMetal Medium v5 supports Intel TDX, but it is not enabled at the base 256 GB configuration; TDX

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Apr
25

RAM Upgrade Required to Enable TDX on the OpenMetal Medium v5

Q: What RAM upgrade is required to enable Intel TDX on the OpenMetal Medium v5? Enabling Intel TDX on the OpenMetal Medium v5 requires replacing all 8 installed 32 GB

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Apr
25

How Intel TDX Remote Attestation Works on OpenMetal Bare Metal

Q: How does Intel TDX remote attestation work on OpenMetal bare metal servers? Intel TDX remote attestation on OpenMetal bare metal servers generates a hardware-rooted ECDSA-signed quote containing a cryptographic

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Apr
25

OpenMetal BAA Availability for HIPAA Workloads

Q: Can OpenMetal provide a BAA for HIPAA-covered workloads? OpenMetal holds HIPAA compliance at the organizational level and offers Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) for customers processing protected health information on

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Apr
23

OpenMetal XXL v4 vs AWS x2idn — Dedicated Bare Metal vs Cloud Infrastructure

This page compares the OpenMetal Bare Metal Dedicated Server XXL v4 with the AWS x2idn.32xlarge and x2idn.metal — the closest AWS equivalents by RAM profile for high-memory, NVMe-accelerated workloads. Both

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Apr
23

Hosted Private Cloud — XXL v4 — Intel Xeon Gold 6530, 6TB DDR5, 115.2TB NVMe Cluster

The OpenMetal Hosted Private Cloud on XXL v4 hardware delivers a three-node OpenStack + Ceph cluster built on the highest-density compute and storage nodes in the v4 generation — ready

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Apr
23

Bare Metal Server — XXL v4 TDX Edition — Intel Xeon Gold 6530, 2048GB DDR5, Intel TDX Active

This page covers the OpenMetal XXL v4 configured as a confidential computing platform. The XXL v4 is the only server in the OpenMetal v4 lineup where Intel TDX (Trust Domain

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Apr
23

Bare Metal Server — XXL v4 — 5th Gen Intel Xeon Gold 6530, 2048GB DDR5, Micron 7500 MAX

The OpenMetal XXL v4 is the largest bare metal server in the v4 generation lineup, designed for workloads that demand the maximum combination of CPU thread density, memory capacity, and

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Apr
23

OpenMetal XL v4 vs XXL v4: Key Differences

Q: What is the difference between the OpenMetal XL v4 and XXL v4? The OpenMetal XL v4 and XXL v4 share the same processor — dual Intel Xeon Gold 6530

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Apr
23

NVMe Drives in the OpenMetal XXL v4 Server

Q: What NVMe drives does OpenMetal use in the XXL v4 bare metal server? The OpenMetal XXL v4 includes six Micron 7500 MAX 6400GB NVMe SSDs as data drives, delivering

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The adoption of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is on the rise as businesses seek to harness the scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness of cloud computing. While virtualization has been a central component of IaaS, the integration of bare metal servers introduces a new dimension to infrastructure management.

Ironic, a vital part of OpenStack, focuses on provisioning and managing bare metal servers. It seamlessly integrates with Keystone, Nova, Neutron, Glance, and Swift to provide a unified interface for managing hardware resources within a cloud environment. With Ironic, operators can treat physical servers like virtual machines, streamlining the management of resources in an OpenStack cloud. It simplifies bare metal management through a unified interface, seamless integration with OpenStack services, and automated provisioning.

AWS and GCP are leading players in cloud computing, offering a wide range of services and attractive pricing. However, choosing the right platform requires understanding their strengths, customer pain points, and alternatives. Comparing and shopping around for cloud products can be complex, with varying names and pricing structures. Transparent pricing is crucial, but some providers could improve in this area.

Octavia is an open-source load balancing solution designed for use with OpenStack. Octavia distinguishes itself by dynamically scaling up a fleet of virtual machines, containers, or bare metal servers, known as amphorae, to deliver load balancing services as needed. This on-demand horizontal scaling capability makes Octavia well-suited for cloud environments.

As on demand cloud computing choices have grown, so have customer options for how to purchase those clouds. It’s not uncommon for public clouds to offer self-service tools or a cloud hosting trial. But it is not as common for private or open source clouds. In this post, we’ll explore the benefits of using self-service tools to now buy hosted private cloud services online and how they can make the process more efficient.

While Harvester, Nomad, and Kubernetes share many similar app native features, their deployment and management approaches, as well as additional capabilities like distributed computing, can influence the best fit for your specific use case within the context of OpenStack.

SaaS providers built success on their ability to deliver quality software and service reliability as cost-effectively as possible, to maintain competitive pricing and profitability. That is why SaaS providers typically take the popular option of hosting their services on public clouds. But SaaS providers may be overlooking a number of benefits that they could gain from choosing private cloud hosting.

If you’re searching for a solution to take full control of your infrastructure, you might have come across the term “open source cloud.” But what exactly is it? In this comprehensive blog, we’ll dive deep into the concept of open source clouds and explore why they are the ultimate key to empowering organizations.

A cloud migration strategy generally follows the “land and expand” or “lift and shift” method. However, a more flexible, hybrid approach is beneficial. By adopting a flexible cloud migration approach that combines elements of both strategies, organizations can better align migration efforts with their unique requirements and constraints.

Cloud computing has revolutionized the way we use technology, making it easier and more affordable than ever to access powerful software and infrastructure. However, with multiple cloud computing models available, it can be difficult to understand which model is best suited for your organization’s unique needs. Three popular cloud computing models that we will explore in this article are: SaaS, IaaS and PaaS.

Cloud infrastructure is a critical component for SaaS platform providers and, in many cases, the business’ highest operational cost. This article goes into some of the top concerns that SaaS platform providers have about their cloud infrastructure and how an open source IaaS platform like OpenMetal Cloud can help resolve some of these pain points.

On-demand private clouds have emerged as a viable solution for businesses to reap the benefits of both reduced costs and enhanced flexibility. In this blog post, we’ll explore the evolution and benefits of on-demand private clouds and alternative cloud infrastructure solutions, and how they can maximize ROI for many businesses.

With profitability top of mind, many organizations are looking for efficient and cost-effective platforms to host their cloud applications. Open source solutions like OpenStack and OpenShift are becoming more popular because platforms offer flexible and scalable cloud computing solutions. However, each is better suited for specific use cases.

OpenStack is a powerful cloud computing platform that is backed by a vast community of developers who continuously update and improve the software. In this blog, we will discuss OpenStack projects and open source software that can be used to create a cloud environment that’s ideal for building, testing, and managing AI.

As a public cloud or cloud hosting provider, you’re no stranger to the challenge of offering competitive and profitable solutions to your customers while simultaneously reducing your workload. One way to achieve this balance is by incorporating a customizable, easy-to-manage private cloud solution into your offerings without investing in extensive infrastructure resources or requiring additional maintenance work. Well say hello to OpenMetal Cloud for Hosting and Public Cloud Providers!

As businesses realize the growing costs of cloud, it becomes even more important to find alternative solutions.
This article presents the known benefits of private cloud, the factors that make organizations hesitant about the move, on-demand private cloud as the true alternative to public cloud, and also three business use cases that could reduce cloud spend while moving from a public cloud.

Kubernetes on OpenStack is a powerful combination. It helps organizations manage their applications and services. This power duo provides the flexibility to scale up or down as needed, while also allowing for easy deployment and management of applications. This is essential for an organizations success in today’s fast paced digital age where organizations must be able to deploy their applications quickly and efficiently, at scale, and across multiple environments.

OpenStack is undeniably a powerful and versatile cloud platform that many industries continue to adopt at an increasing rate. Obviously, we’re big fans! But, like any intricate technology, having a firm understanding of its inner workings is crucial for deriving maximum efficiency, especially if your business provides cloud or primarily online services. So today, we’ll be diving into the world of subscription ratios in OpenStack, which play a vital role in resource allocation across your infrastructure.

Private, hybrid, and open source cloud solutions offer managed IT service providers unparalleled control, customization, and security. While public cloud providers may have had their place in the growth of the cloud industry, it’s apparent that the future lies in more secure and flexible environments.

OpenShift is a powerful and flexible platform that can help you simplify the deployment and management of container-based applications, accelerate application delivery, and work with different types of infrastructure. If you’re looking for a comprehensive and easy-to-use platform for building and managing cloud-based applications, this offering is an excellent choice.

With public and private clouds as the traditional options, innovative alternative clouds have emerged and are making waves. Deciding which cloud to use for your organization requires careful consideration of factors such as your unique business needs, budget, security and compliance requirements, and other important factors. 

With automation tools such as Terraform, Kolla Ansible and Heat, organizations can automate their OpenStack cloud operations and reduce the time and effort required to manage their cloud environment. When organizations automate many of the functions within their OpenStack cloud, they can benefit from increased agility, scalability, reliability, security, cost savings, and improved customer experience.

A search on “public cloud advantages” will nearly always include some statements about public cloud being “less expensive” than alternatives.  Unfortunately, this common narrative is simply not true for many situations!

More information about alternatives to public cloud is needed to help leaders in IT explain when public cloud is right or when private cloud, bare metal, colocation, or owned data centers are the right choice.

The first step for deciding to run Kubernetes is to first understand if your environment is ready to run it. After that, it’s all about figuring out where you want to run Kubernetes. From a reliability, security, and cost perspective, running Kubernetes on OpenStack is never a bad idea. In this blog post, you’re going to learn about the key reasons why you’d want to run Kubernetes clusters on OpenStack.

There are many OpenStack projects that you can use to build a cloud that can handle your use case and workloads. While OpenStack projects work well together, they also work with other popular software because the open source community continually work on ways to optimize OpenStack and ensure that it is seamless to use other open source software that you may need.

What Is OpenStack?

Updated on May 13, 2024 by Avani Rampersad

OpenStack is an open source platform composed of several independent components. These components interoperate with each other through Application Programming Interface (API). These components are complementary, but do not depend on all other components to function properly. This grants you the ability to build your cloud with only the components you need.

If you’re implementing a specific technology for an organization, the overarching question that you must constantly ask yourself is “why use X technology”. Business leaders and engineers must understand why and how a platform will help fill their needs. There are an incredible amount of platforms and orchestration tools in the wild today, along with some from the past, but the burning desire for Kubernetes is running red hot.

For any application that you’re deploying, chances are you’ll have some sort of sensitive information that you need to pass into the app. Because of that, you’ll need a way to store that sensitive data for your containerized workloads – this is where Kubernetes secrets come in.

In this blog post, you’ll learn about what secrets are, how to create standard Kubernetes secrets, and how to get started with the OpenStack Key Manager.

Kubernetes Volumes on OpenStack

Updated on October 23, 2025 by Michael Levan

At the beginning of the Kubernetes era, many engineers had a concern – what about apps that have to store data? Kubernetes got a “reputation” of only being for stateless applications and applications that didn’t need to store data. However, that’s vastly changed over the years when implementing Kubernetes. In this blog post, you’re going to learn how to manage Kubernetes volumes and what CSIs are, along with how to install a CSI plugin on a Kubernetes cluster running in OpenStack.

OpenMetal was a first-time Gold Sponsor at the SaaStr Annual 2022. We got the opportunity to meet with leaders at SaaS companies from around the world. And we got a chance to unveil our open source On-Demand Private Cloud product as a viable option for SaaS companies, especially those facing open/capex challenges with relation to public cloud consumption. 

Creating repeatable and automated processes, especially for creating infrastructure layers, is drastically important. It’s the make or break between creating resources at scale and clicking a bunch of buttons for 90% of your day. In the past few years, the mantra for almost every engineering team has been move faster, and the way to do that is with proper automation. 

In this blog post, you’re going to learn about an important repeatable process, creating Kubernetes clusters using Magnum.

Security is at the forefront of every engineer’s mind when it comes to Kubernetes. When it comes to security and Kubernetes from an OpenStack perspective, one of the most significant pieces is Operations security. In this blog post, you’ll learn about Kubernetes security on OpenStack and how to manage it from an Ops perspective.

Many engineers believe that OpenStack is a “thing of the past”, but it’s not. In fact, it’s becoming increasingly popular all throughout not only Telco, but auto manufacturers and any other organization that needs the ability to scale and manage workloads a certain way. With OpenStack, you get to manage and maintain Kubernetes clusters the way that you want.

In this blog post, you’ll learn about why Kubernetes on OpenStack is valuable for organizations and how you can get started with it today.

Kubernetes on OpenStack for Telco

Updated on October 23, 2025 by Michael Levan

Wherever you search for OpenStack and Kubernetes, chances are you’ll run across something around Telecommunications (telco). Although OpenStack is used across many organizations, including Mercedes Benz, telco is typically the heaviest industry when it comes to OpenStack.

In this blog post, you’ll learn about Kubernetes on OpenStack for telco, which will most likely open your eyes to why you’d want to use Kubernetes on OpenStack for any industry.

OpenStack is an open source cloud computing infrastructure software that can be used to manage and control large scale deployments of virtual machines or to manage storage and networking resources in a cloud. Many organizations are turning to OpenStack because it is scalable, reliable, and grants you a great degree of control over the underlying infrastructure.

Serverless Computing the Next Big Thing

Updated on January 27, 2026 by OpenMetal

Serverless computing is one of the most exciting trends in cloud computing. It gives you the best of the cloud at the best cost efficiency. Web developers and application providers recognize serverless computing as the solution that best meets their needs, and they are inventing entirely new architectures and toolsets to get the most value out of cloud functions. They are striving to build high-performance, modern applications that can serve the most users globally at the lowest cost.

This article uses current cloud adoption and usage statistics to build on the discussion (in the video) between Todd Robinson, President of InMotion Hosting, and Marc Collier, COO of OpenInfra Foundation about the current challenges around the widespread adoption of OpenStack powered infrastructure, especially in the context of private clouds for SMBs.

Edge Computing is the New Server Room

Updated on January 27, 2026 by OpenMetal

Edge computing products that move the cloud closer to you are probably good solutions, especially for teams who have already successfully made the transition to a cloud-based architecture. It is very important, however, for companies new to the cloud or who have had difficulty with the cloud to consider carefully which setup and solutions are right for their needs.

2021 Cloud Market Growth Trends

Updated on May 23, 2025 by Sash Ghosh

The growth of cloud computing and cloud IT infrastructure for both public and private clouds is here to stay, strengthened by our expedited need for digital transformation to accommodate the permanently changing landscape of doing business, the increased availability of the internet, the adoption of more mobile devices around the world, an upheaval of the education system and the consumption of more and more big data.

Public cloud users are finding out that for all their convenience and so-called affordability, public clouds are often not suitable for their workloads. Serious work requires serious infrastructure. Private clouds are the perfect solution for experienced cloud professionals who are tired of shocking cloud bills, or disappointing performance from their public cloud infrastructure.

OpenStack historically has major barriers for SMBs (and really all organizations, enterprises included). These factors have put OpenStack private clouds out of reach for the vast majority of SMBs or organizations with similar constraints like smaller universities or mid-sized nonprofits. Our on-demand OpenStack platform was built to make OpenStack simple and accessible for everyone.

Many articles online compare “new innovative” services offered by big tech giants against each other, implying that there are no alternatives. But that’s not true, at least not anymore.

OpenStack has thousands of developers working on various cloud-oriented projects to provide the same services these public cloud providers offer. We’re only going to cover a couple of them here, but it should give you an idea of what to look for when looking at alternatives.

Companies are moving towards cloud adoption at record rates, yet there are still business owners reluctant to take the leap. Cloud adoption can create a host of benefits for companies. In having a good cloud strategy, you can improve flexibility, increase efficiency, and boost performance. In addition, cloud adoption can allow an organization to grow its proficiencies in a way that can lead to growth and innovation.

A vast majority of organizations have adopted either a public cloud or private cloud. Within these organizations, we’ve noticed a significant challenge for the IT professionals is to determine the right placement of their dollars against cloud services provided by either public clouds or private clouds.

The power of the private cloud must not be limited to technical adepts and certified pros. With a tight focus on key technologies and tools, with easy-to-follow documentation, InMotion Hosting’s Flex Metal Cloud product will allow both new and current OpenStack users to quickly build and deploy on-demand private clouds on OpenStack.