OpenStack Public Cloud Construction issue highlights the way of self-exploration and solution of Sina SAE

In the promotion of OpenStack development of the team has HP, Dell, Intel, Cisco and other hardware giants, but also Microsoft, Jie, Red Hat and other software manufacturers, in addition to the domestic Sina, fun and so on, including the http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/ aggregation/3518.html "> Internet company. It can be said that OpenStack "spark" to create "prairie".

However, because OpenStack is "up-and-comer" development is still not mature enough, in the construction of public cloud will inevitably exist some problems, for OpenStack public cloud construction, development, operational problems, The Sina SAE, which joined the OpenStack community earlier, has done a great deal of two development and functional expansion for the platform and internal needs of Sina.

In the recently held "2012 Cloud even architect Summit", Sina SAE technical manager Chenghui detailed explained the OpenStack constructs the public cloud existence the question, as well as to these questions, the Sina SAE has made the exploration.

According to Chenghui, cloud computing development faces three core issues: virtualization, cloud security, cloud storage. The problem of computing resource virtualization has been solved perfectly, openstack to solve security and storage problems when constructing public cloud

Due to the complexity of the network, the public cloud security construction problem can not be ignored, "Sina is a large network, the various computer rooms with all the large network connected, in the inner network to create OpenStack, the OpenStack environment for users to use, this platform includes external and internal users," Chenghui said, Need to do a security enhancement because of the architecture and planning problems that have not yet been set up for code. However, OpenStack already has a firewall that resolves traffic from outside to internal traffic. ”

In addition to network security, the other is a storage problem. Chenghui said that the storage problem was partially resolved because the Amazon pattern in the public cloud is a template, and its S3 and EBS are in OpenStack, a combination that meets the needs of all current storage, so developers are advised to use Swift

In addition to the core issues, OpenStack in the construction of the public cloud there are other problems, such as user interface design, open source monitoring and billing is still "congenitally deficient", need to be improved.

Chenghui said, compared to VMware, OpenStack AI, user interface is neither convenient nor beautiful, more important can not be differentiated management, so from the very beginning to emphasize to achieve their own style characteristics.

And in the monitoring mode, most of the monitoring methods in the public cloud environment can not operate, Chenghui said, "they are traditional to solve the traditional mode of management virtual machine monitoring, and need to deploy to different virtual machines and physical machines, access to information is very inconvenient, and then we developed a simple UI interface to show." ”

"OpenStack as a cloud, need to solve the problem of application." "Chenghui stressed," Control users do not abuse resources, fees are a good way, but also the only channel of profit. ”

At the same time, Chenghui said: "For small developers, the operation of a public cloud is more cumbersome and difficult, need large companies to support, but also need servers, computer rooms and professionals, as well as the need to promote, develop users, opportunities may be in the process of preparation of the sudden death." So we set up Stacklab to help more small developers. ”

(Responsible editor: Schpeppen)