Why OpenStack and Kata Containers are both seeing a resurgence of adoption
OpenStack and Kata Containers are gaining popularity due to a shift towards private cloud solutions, driven by cost savings, data security concerns, and digital sovereignty, particularly in Europe.
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OpenStack and Kata Containers are experiencing a resurgence in adoption, driven by a shift towards private cloud solutions. OpenStack, traditionally dominant in telecom cloud services, is now gaining traction across various industries. Factors contributing to this trend include heightened concerns over data security, cost savings, and the desire for digital sovereignty, particularly in Europe. Companies like Hyundai have reported significant cost reductions, with some claiming up to 90% savings by transitioning to OpenStack private clouds. Additionally, the rising costs of VMware services under Broadcom have prompted organizations to explore OpenStack alternatives. Kata Containers, which provide enhanced security for AI workloads, are also gaining popularity, with major players like Microsoft and Nvidia adopting them for their cloud services. The ability of Kata Containers to isolate workloads and improve performance is particularly appealing in the context of digital sovereignty and security. As organizations increasingly prioritize control over their data and seek cost-effective solutions, OpenStack and Kata Containers are positioned to play a crucial role in the future of cloud computing.
- OpenStack is seeing increased adoption due to a shift from public to private cloud solutions.
- Companies report significant cost savings by using OpenStack, with some claiming up to 90% reductions.
- Digital sovereignty concerns are driving European companies to prefer OpenStack over US-based cloud providers.
- Kata Containers are gaining traction for securing AI workloads and improving performance.
- Major companies like Microsoft and Nvidia are implementing Kata Containers in their cloud services.
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11 commentsHopefully this trend out-lives AI hype bubble. I much prefer real hardware, a whole bunch of problems are made easier by "Dell will sell me a box with 1TB of RAM for $reasonable". Same goes for effectively lossless data centre networking at 200gbps+, actual BGP, etc.
It seems the permissions schema has improved in the last 15 years as well.
However, I'm pretty sure there are very few questions to which openstack is the answer.
Most people just want an orchestration layer, and a storage control system. Everything else is just complexity that really comes to bite you later on. as soon as a system starts to have strong opinions about networking (I'm looking at you K8s) then things turn to shit pretty quick.
It’s out of reach for most orgs because good operations people are hard to find. You need people with all the infra and networking knowledge, and the capability to automate processes end-to-end.
I still see operations people using Ansible as a better shell script, without proper structure, without understanding the fundamentals of such a tool. Without understanding the process they are trying to automate.
So in some sense what you really want is a proper software developer that is also willing to focus on boring infrastructure topics. Topics that are just an api-call in the cloud. Who in their right mind wants this :-)
The tools and technology isn’t the issue. Can you find the right people who want to build the right operations platform for you, one that assures security, availability and also is awesome to work with for developers?
"zero risk"
"Container escapes? Impossible." <https://github.com/edera-dev/>.
"Hypervisors haven't been reimagined for nearly two decades" and apparently using Xen counts as reimagining.
What the hell even is a "single-host hypervisor". As opposed to what?
It's a world of pain that leaves you crying for AWS/GCP or even Azure
who?
> Michael Dell, Dell CEO, quoted Barclay's CIO Survey 2024: "83% of enterprises plan to move workloads back to private cloud from public cloud."
...and then later realize they don't have the time, skill, or money, and even if they did, its just commodity infrastructure and no longer a value proposition for the company any more than their office space or janitorial service
> Another reason companies are shifting to OpenStack
again, who????
these articles continue to just be wishful thinking. most people who have dealt with openstack in the last decade have likely been on a deprovisioning project. I've personally witnessed it purged from two tech companies because the ops people were low-skill button-pushers who couldn't and wouldn't deal with its complexity, so ultimately the companies just threw in the towel
maybe 5% of ops people I deal with have the experience and skills to build infra from the data center rack up to something useful. ops in general has been subject to a major skills decline in the last decade or so, AWS is in absolutely no danger
ask your ops team how many of them have ever set foot in a data center. fifteen years ago, probably 50%. now? around 0%
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