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* Blue box, an IBM company @blueboxjesse Jesse Proudman / @blueboxjesse / OpenStack Seattle
The Death of the distro, The future of OpenStack
* Blue box, an IBM company @blueboxjesse In the beginning…
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In the beginning…
Nova and Swift were the foundation… § Compute, object storage and Nova-Network
§ deployment framework § dashboard § orchestration § block storage (what?!)
But missing quite a bit…
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In the beginning…
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So, we all followed Rackspace and jumped in with both feet.
So we all followed Rackspace and jumped in
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How did the distro come to be?
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How did the distro come to be?
is hard…
§ all the pieces § velocity § distributed systems § Python § time
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How did the distro come to be?
Few organizations had the patience for this…
“This is a fundamentally different way of delivering IT, and I’m not sure we’re ready for *this much* change.” “Isn’t there a faster way? “Can’t we have pudding without eating meat first?”1
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How did the distro come to be?
By Diablo and Essex2, smart people had a great idea:
§ Simplify
§ Provide choice: § DIY § Rackspace
2Timeline is approximate.
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And the openstack distribution was born!
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How did the distro come to be?
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How did the distro come to be?
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How did the distro come to be?
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… And the Sea Came Pouring In…
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Convince me
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Convince me
Distro’s solved some of the problem . . .
§ faster installation § commercially licensed bits § software support
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Convince me
. . . but not enough.
§ open-ish § operations § “That’s not how we do it here…” § upgrades
* Blue box, an IBM company @blueboxjesse I’m not convinced
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I’m not convinced.
§ critical business barriers to open source cloud deployment. § and consumption…
§ no incentive to take the huge risks with a distro
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I’m not convinced.
§ “I don’t see my competitors doing this.” (yet)
§ The market had time to wait, so they waited.
§ public cloud isn’t sold as a distro.
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A funny thing happened on the way to the agile, open cloud
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A funny thing happened…
§ No more “What is OpenStack?”
§ More “How do I get going with OpenStack?”
§ Even more of “Can I *consume* OpenStack without having to *touch* OpenStack?”
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A funny thing happened…
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…and the “agile thing” started to snowball.
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A funny thing happened…
§ AWS is not a distraction but a direction
§ Success stories became too numerous to ignore
§ Realization that sustainable success rests solely on differentiation through application innovation
§ Differentiation through infrastructure is a losing game.
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Don’t fear, OpenStack is ready
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OpenStack is ready
§ I say so… § Gartner says so… § Forrester says so… § IDC says so… § users say so… § the market says so…
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An enterprise disconnect
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An enterprise disconnect
§ Why do some still call it a science project? § Because there’s still no click-click-done deployment wizard. § They’re waiting for something that’s unlikely to happen.
§ Two choices: § hire, train, build, or § let someone else do it for you.
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An enterprise disconnect
§ Some are rolling their own clouds (big, sophisticated, gutsy) § A few are using distros (motivated by vendor preference or using
them as training wheels) § But a growing number are looking for ways to get a private
OpenStack cloud without having to touch the stuff
Most enterprise buyers want to consume OpenStack without having to touch OpenStack.
Most enterprises want “cloud”
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An enterprise disconnect
§ OpenStack is insanely complex in production and it’s not going to get better.
§ It’s mature enough to rely on a vendor to meet an SLA.
§ Tooling is strong enough that my software developers can get an AWS-like experience without leaving the nest.
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It’s okay…you can say it: they know
* Blue box, an IBM company @blueboxjesse
It’s okay…you can say it: they know
§ Distros are not the future of OpenStack
§ A few distros (like 2), not 10
§ Business models will continue evolving
§ Cloud will keep being cloudy
* Blue box, an IBM company @blueboxjesse It is a most exciting time
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It is the most exciting time…
§ “Markets define standards.” —Randy Bias (and others) § Customers can tell us what they think and want, now that
they know enough to engage us in the conversation. § Greater opportunity for more innovators.
to be part of
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Jesse Proudman @blueboxjesse
