Open Stack for Cloud Computing Launched
Congratulations to our friends at Rackspace and NASA Nebula, who launched OpenStack.org today!
Open Stack is an "open source, open standards" stack for Cloud Computing, which includes Compute (like EC2) and Storage (like S3). You can find all the code for Open Stack on Launchpad, as well as the other sub-projects like the iPad and iPhone apps.
This is a huge leap forward, probably the single most important announcement in the industry since EC2.
How does Scalr play into this?
We're thinking about it. Scalr is currently licensed under the GPL v2, and we'd have to change that to the Apache License which the Open Stack charter requires. The Apache License precludes the dual licensing business model, in which we sell a commercial license to use Scalr for those averse to the GPL.
Open Stack also has a nascent Web UI, with a subset of Scalr's functionality.
If anyone wants to weigh in here, their thoughts are welcome.
May 4th, 2011 - 09:13
Hello,
We are currently experimenting with scalr, we find that it is an ambitious open source product which has a nice support community. Congrats!
What are the news with openstack? Are you planning the support soon, in an upcoming release?
And also, what is your point concerning the OCCI standards? It has now acquired much popularity and many cloud infrastructures are supporting it, namely OpenNebula and OpenStack. Are you developping or would you be interested in OCCI drivers for Scalr?
Cheers,
May 5th, 2011 - 00:47
If someone were to sponsor development of Scalr’s support of OpenStack, we could accelerate it, but as it stands it will take some time. And regarding OCCI standards, there is currently no user demand for it.
July 29th, 2011 - 20:03
I truly appreciate the time and effort you have put into this write-up and seriously enjoy the content on this web-site. From time to time it’s so challenging to come across facts and info that we are able to seriously use and find out from since of the details overload all accross the internet. Thanks for getting original and actually keeping your readers in mind. I cannot wait to return and be apart of the conversation within the future. Keep up the excellent function!