{"id":74,"date":"2023-11-28T13:52:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chrisj.cloud\/?p=74"},"modified":"2023-11-28T13:52:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:52:21","slug":"distributed-private-cloud-infrastructure-dcn-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrisj.cloud\/index.php\/2023\/11\/28\/distributed-private-cloud-infrastructure-dcn-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Distributed Private Cloud Infrastructure – DCN \/ Edge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have hesitated to post anything about Red Hat OpenStack Edge since it got introduced in OSP13 simply because I found it quite difficult to consume. Also the storage situation back then was .. not complete. Things improved overtime and now with OSP16.1 we can deploy our private cloud with the following features (which imho finally makes it production ready.):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– ceph storage at the edge \/ dcn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– one stack per site for better management and lifecycle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– improved routed networking configuration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– image caching at the edge<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why would anyone do this? I find 3 distinctive benefits<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Simplified Management and Lifecycle – of rather complex architectures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Efficiency of distributed compute\/storage and no control overhead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. High availability and high performance at the edge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And for once, I don’t know of any other Infrastructure software that could do it in a supportable way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demo:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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