Dell takes OpenStack to it's core

It seems that OpenStack is getting some serious attention and momentum with HP adopting OpenStack and also Dell. Dell has created a solution of hardware, software and services that businesses can purchase to deploy their own internal IaaS.

The company has also released into open source a software program, called Crowbar, that should help organizations deploy their own OpenStack configurations on Dell hardware.

The solution includes a full distribution of OpenStack running on Ubuntu 10.10 running across Dell PowerEdge C servers. Dell provide a reference architecture for businesses do design their own clouds.

Crowbar software, can automate the installation and configuration of OpenStack across multiple nodes. Crowbar can also be an OpenStack management tool

Dell has built Crowbar as a modular architecture allowing the software to manage non Dell servers.

OpenStack was launched by Rackspace and NASA and is an open source product deigned for setting up cloud environments.

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