Zenoss, Inc., a leading provider of
management software for physical, virtual, and cloud-based IT
infrastructures, today announced the availability of unified monitoring for the
OpenStack Swift cloud storage platform. Available as a free and open source
"ZenPack," the new capability extends Zenoss Core with deep instrumentation of
the components that comprise OpenStack Swift and links this with health and
configuration information of the underlying server, network and storage
infrastructure. The result is end-to-end visibility into the health and capacity
of the delivery environment, allowing cloud service providers to rapidly solve
problems and proactively manage service levels.
OpenStack Object Storage
(code-named Swift) is open source software for creating redundant, scalable
object storage using clusters of standardized servers to store petabytes of
accessible data. As OpenStack matures, more OpenStack-based clouds are being
deployed into production. Running Swift without visibility into the underlying
infrastructure is reckless because there are several well-known conditions that
are irrecoverable and will lead to data loss.
Before the OpenStack Swift
ZenPack, there was nothing for operators to ensure service levels because no
specialized, best-practice solution for OpenStack monitoring existed. Zenoss’
OpenStack Swift ZenPack allows Swift-based cloud operators to ensure proper
functioning of their storage clouds, and determine whether the cluster is able
to perform within given key SLAs. As a result, operators can confirm that
cluster and data integrity aren’t compromised by failing disks or object
quarantines, cluster requests are fulfilled within given time periods, and
cluster capacity meets both short and long-term needs.
“As a founding member of
the OpenStack project we’re extremely excited tocontribute to the project,”
said Bill Karpovich, CEO of Zenoss. “With the OpenStack Swift
ZenPack and its holistic approach we are especially trying to help providers
manage their cloud infrastructure and meet their SLAs.”
To download the OpenStack Swift ZenPack, please follow this link.