Open source cloud infrastructure: OpenStack Z ready

The 26th edition of the open source cloud software OpenStack is ready. Her name is Jade, she fulfills many wishes from the community and stands ready for instant download, The Open Infrastructure Foundation, which oversees OpenStack, also has a new user record to report.

According to developer data, OpenStack is already running on more than 40 million cores, and 180 public cloud data centers use the software as the foundation of their cloud infrastructure. Just a year ago, the mark of 25 crore cores was broken. In Germany, among others, Deutsche Telekom uses OpenStack for its public open telecommunications cloud, the hoster OVH in France.

15,500 changes from 710 developers from over 140 organizations have flowed into Version Z, with the semi-annual release taking 27 weeks to develop – it also marks the end of an era: the next semi-annual version will be released in March 2023, Whose name again starts with A and becomes antelope. At the same time, OpenStack is also changing its release cycle: if you want to continue using the new functions every six months in the future, you will continue to install the Spring version (called SLURP) and the Autumn version. If you want to drop features in the fall, update directly from one spring version to the next.

hardware support

Z learned something new by supporting additional hardware. The cinder block storage module now talks to Dell PowerStore NFS and NVMe-TCP and Yadro Tatlin Unified iSCSI systems.

The accelerator modules learn support for FPGA hardware from Xilinx, such as Cyborg (formerly known as Nomad) and specialized hardware, such as ASICs, GPUs and FPGAs. There’s also new support for multi-instance GPU (MIG) nvidia amps. based onA technique for segmenting the GPU.

Log Collector and UI

Happens as a new project openstack venus With Jade in appearance. The software collects logs from OpenStack instances and is primarily aimed at operators of large environments who need a better overview of their environment. Venus compiles reports and visualizations for this and can raise alarm in case of problems.

Project provides a new web interface based on feedback openstack horizon ready. It has not yet been released for productive use, according to the developers it is still a developing pre-release. In order for such projects coming from the environment to remain part of OpenStack in the future, the Technical Committee has established guidelines for the identification of such projects.

Anyone who wants to help shape OpenStack will have the opportunity to discuss further developments at a virtual event hosted by the Open Infrastructure Foundation in mid-October. Feather “OpenInfra Project Team Gathering”Will outline phases for the next six months to be held from October 17 to October 21, 2022. Participation is free.

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