OpenStack Reference Architecture With Mirantis

Mirantis, Inc., the OpenStack company, collaborating with EMC Corporation, has certified VNX, XtremIO, and ScaleIO storage platforms with its OpenStack 6.0.

The solution is the first to enable cloud architects, cloud operators and IT administrators build enterprise, scalable, and multi-tenant OpenStack clouds using EMC storage solutions.

As part of the certification, the two companies have delivered a reference architecture – the first to publish under EMC’s OpenStack Reference Architecture Program – which demonstrates how to use EMC storage systems, Mirantis OpenStack, and Cinder block storage drivers together in an OpenStack environment.

“Every enterprise today is competing in a new software economy, putting pressure on IT to innovate at all levels,” said Boris Renski, Mirantis co-founder and CMO. “Many of our customers want to transition their architecture into a cloud model, but they cannot simply rip-and-replace their existing infrastructure. Certifying EMC on Mirantis OpenStack ensures that they will be able to leverage their existing EMC storage investments and new scale-out storage products with Mirantis OpenStack, easing their transition into next-generation cloud platforms.”

“Many EMC customers, including large enterprises with mission-critical apps, are asking to use EMC storage solutions with OpenStack to build a scalable private cloud,” said Peter Cutts, VP, cloud technology solutions, EMC “With Mirantis, they leverage OpenStack’s flexibility, modularity and cost efficiencies with EMC’s storage solutions. The result is a powerful, enterprise-ready cloud storage solution.”

In addition to the reference architecture, Mirantis sponsored Open@EMC, the first DevOps-focused track at EMC World. Mirantis co-founder Alex Freedland featured in EMC’s Best Practices Sharing For Building OpenStack Clouds panel. It also hosted Designing Your cloud Storage with Security and Performance in Mind,  a session demonstrating how to automate an OpenStack Cinder storage deployment with security and performance in mind.