StorPool Storage and the
Apache CloudStack Community
released a solution brief that aids cloud and storage architects,
consultants, administrators, and field practitioners in the design and
deployment of reliable, fast, easy-to-manage, and cost-efficient cloud
infrastructures based on Apache CloudStack working with KVM hosts and
StorPool Storage.
Apache CloudStack is the leading open-source virtualization management
platform used by some of the world's largest public and private clouds.
It is a multi-hypervisor, multi-tenant, high-availability
Infrastructure-as-a-service cloud management platform. With Apache
CloudStack and StorPool Storage, MSPs, cloud providers, enterprises, and
SaaS vendors can deploy a highly automated cloud that delivers the
application performance and reliability their users need while easily
addressing changes in user requirements over the long term.
The solution brief presents a high-level architecture and the pros and
cons of the most popular deployment models for modern cloud deployments.
While every cloud is unique, the common design principles shared should
help readers plan how to build their own clouds with Apache CloudStack
and StorPool Storage.
This solution brief is designed to answer topics of concern for cloud builders:
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How to provide uninterrupted services
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How to protect user data from loss in case of hardware failures and catastrophic events
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How to ensure high and consistent performance adequate for demanding applications
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How to simplify the daily operations tasks and eliminate maintenance downtime
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How to scale easily with increasing demand
"CloudStack has proven itself to be a popular and valuable platform for
organizations looking to leverage the benefits of its simplicity and
ease of use when deploying private or public clouds," said Boyan Ivanov,
CEO at StorPool Storage. "Cloud providers, MSPs, and enterprises around
the world use StorPool with CloudStack because of its efficiency,
scalability, and reliability. The solutions brief we have developed with
the Apache CloudStack Community highlights how users can achieve a
superb experience, including blazing speeds, when combining StorPool
Storage with Apache CloudStack."
StorPool Storage volume management is integrated with Apache CloudStack
to allow seamless use of the capabilities of the StorPool Storage system
through the CloudStack GUI, CLI, and API interfaces. With the
integration, the features available in StorPool get inherited by each
cloud deployed with StorPool Storage - enabling cloned provisioning,
instant snapshots, thin provisioning, and backup, disaster recovery, and
Quality of Service (QoS) policies per virtual disk or virtual machine
(VM). Thanks to the way StorPool works, VM provisioning is nearly
instantaneous, and data placement policies and other settings can be
changed in-flight to address changes in user requirements. The result of
the deep integration between the two systems is that there is no need
to manage the storage system directly because all the interactions
between CloudStack and StorPool are automated.
StorPool will be highlighting its capabilities within Apache CloudStack
environments at the upcoming CloudStack Collaboration Conference on
November 14-16 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Among the presentations given by
StorPool executives are "Automated CloudStack Deployment" on Monday,
November 14 at 2 p.m., "StorPool Storage Overview and Integration with
CloudStack" on Tuesday, November 15 at 12:30 p.m., and others.
Additional details and registration options are available at https://www.cloudstackcollab.org/.