Designed to help customers build powerful, highly scalable OpenStack-based clouds, the updated solution is co-engineered with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and the Dell PowerEdge R630 and R730xd high-density rack servers, part of Dell’s 13th generation PowerEdge portfolio. With its hyper-dense memory, storage flexibility, and compact footprint, the PowerEdge R630 maximizes data center efficiency for OpenStack cloud deployments. The PowerEdge R730xd offers an optimized balance between storage utilization and performance, making it ideal for hosting massively scalable Red Hat Ceph storage.
This enterprise solution includes pre-configured setups for computing, infrastructure, networking, and multiple storage options. It is designed to be easily adaptable to an organization's current and future needs. The enhanced solution offers customers the following key benefits:
• Increased density - optimized configurations minimize the data center footprint for OpenStack management and infrastructure nodes, and feature a 20 percent increase in VM density and a 30 percent increase in storage capacity.
• Accelerated performance – Precision in configuring Dell PowerEdge R730xd servers with solid-state drives that accelerate Ceph data processing performance, and with a selection of hard drive and memory configurations, customers can optimize Ceph storage to their application needs.
• Enhanced Security and Stability – Building upon the “Juno” version of OpenStack, Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 incorporates the security and stability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Highly resilient 10 GbE network designs with multiple levels of redundancy provide continuous, fault-tolerant operation. Furthermore, extended support includes up to three years of guaranteed production support and updates for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform.
