OpenStack and Nicira to build ebay cloud Platform

ebay, the world's largest online auctioneer, has also officially announced that it has developed a new cloud computing platform that uses Nicira virtual network technology and open source OpenStack technology to test and build its own web applications. ebay is one of the first commercial companies to use the OpenStack environment to build a cloud computing service platform, which shows that the cutting-edge technologies that Nicira's network virtualization platform has been recognized for- Nicira based on open source technology OpenFlow and Openvswitch created a network virtual platform (NVP), the product can realize SDN (software is the network), to help realize the virtualization of network resources.

The virtualization industry giant VMware last month announced a 120 million dollar takeover of Nicira, highlighting the importance of Nicira in the area of virtualization technology. (Related reading: Nicira into VMware hand Cisco missed the opportunity? ）

Jean-christophe Martin, an ebay cloud architect, says the company is using Nicira's network virtualization platform and OpenStack to provide a new virtual network platform on which developers can test and test ebay's new capabilities. But this is only a phased deployment, and ebay wants to do more validation testing before it is formally used. Ebay is also trying to improve the performance of its infrastructure by increasing the number of virtual servers, and after implementing the virtualization of computing servers, they want to achieve a new level of virtualization of the network.

Ebay chose OpenStack as an open source environment and used Nicira and quantum (a Nicira-led network management project, now one of the OpenStack's subprojects). Nicira plays an important role in the OpenStack of open source cloud platform. The core network scenario that will be released in the next edition of OpenStack Quantum is supported by Nicira, a senior engineer from Nicira who led the quantum development, and Nicira has a strong influence on quantum project decisions.

Alan Cohen, vice president of marketing at Nicira, said the new cloud testing platform would help ebay speed up its huge workload. Ebay has a strong desire to speed up its online applications, and is now using OpenStack and Nicira's network virtualization components for research and development because they have enabled the server to run faster.

Two years ago in July, the OpenStack project was formally established, currently has 183 enterprises to participate, including Rackspace,dell, Hewlett-Packard, Intel and other Giants to join, let OpenStack temporary scenery unlimited, but in the upcoming third year of the critical period, OpenStack is the time to launch its own commercial version, August 1, Rackspace and HP respectively completed the OpenStack cloud products based on the main part of the beta, and began to achieve universal delivery of users, this is called the OpenStack development process is a milestone, OpenStack is no longer a castle in the castles. And ebay announced the use of the OpenStack platform to build its own cloud computing platform, but also to some of the OpenStack hesitant operators to take a "reassurance."