Virtualization – Mastering OpenStack in 5 Minutes a Day (Part 2)

Virtualization - Mastering OpenStack in 5 Minutes a Day (Part 2)

Part 2 Virtualization OpenStack is a cloud operating system. To learn OpenStack, one must first grasp some knowledge related to virtualization and cloud computing. Virtualization Virtualization is the foundation of cloud computing. Simply put, virtualization allows multiple virtual machines to run on a single physical server, where the virtual machines share the physical machine’s CPU, … Read more

Virtualization Leader Completes Product Transformation, Establishes the Second Major Alliance in Cloud Computing

Virtualization Leader Completes Product Transformation, Establishes the Second Major Alliance in Cloud Computing

(Above is VMware’s global CEO Pat Gelsinger) The strategy of “alliance and cooperation” originated during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Initially, the states of Qi and Qin were the most powerful, while the other five states would sometimes form alliances to counter Qi and Qin, and vice versa, Qi and … Read more

Case Study: China Mobile’s ARM-Based NFV Solution Deployment

Case Study: China Mobile's ARM-Based NFV Solution Deployment

Project Contributors: Duan Xiaodong, Zhang Hao, Cai Yali, Li Ji, Yue Lei, Yu Qing, Chen Jiayuan, Gao Congwen, Qin Jie, Wang Yihui 1. Case Overview In response to the national call to “accelerate breakthroughs in cutting-edge technologies for network development and key core technologies with international competitiveness, speed up the promotion of domestic autonomous and … Read more

Creating OpenStack Ironic Deployment Images with Buildroot

Creating OpenStack Ironic Deployment Images with Buildroot

Ironic is an OpenStack project that provides bare metal (as opposed to virtual machines).A tool called the Ironic Python Agent (IPA) is used to control and configure these physical nodes, performing tasks such as wiping machines and writing images to disk.This is accomplished by booting a custom Linux kernel and running IPA and connecting to … Read more