SUSE Cloud2.0 released

Just last month, SUSE released version 2.0 of SUSE Cloud, an enterprise-class private cloud based on OpenStack, notable new features including support for OpenStack Block Storage, OpenStack Networking, a more robust installation process, and increased support for Microsoft Hyper-V support and more.

"Cloud environments that support hybrid hypervisors can help businesses plan for the future better, while ensuring that no previous investments are wasted," said Doug Jarvis, marketing solutions manager for cloud solutions at SUSE. "The support for hybrid hypervisors helps developers be more flexible in testing and development on KVM, all in one cloud environment."

In addition, the benefits for SUSE Cloud 2.0, including deciding to support Hyper-V and what OpenStack will do next, have also made their comments.

How has Sense Cloud 2.0 changed since SUSE introduced SUSE Cloud 1.0 a year ago? How does SUSE Cloud 2.0 adapt to this change?

Doug Jarvis said that at present, some enterprises have put forward some specific requirements for their own cloud environment. For example, customers tell SUSE they need to support multiple hypervisors running alone or in a hybrid cloud environment. "As SUSE Cloud 2.0, we've met our customers' requirements for KVM, Xen, and Hyper-V."

Currently, OpenStack is becoming more mainstream, and organizations want to make it easier to install, deploy, and manage OpenStack because they are reluctant to invest too much time and manpower in managing their own cloud environments.

"As SUSE, a company with 20 years of experience in both Linux and open source, we saw this need for the business and we developed an installation framework for SUSE Cloud 1.0, and in version 2.0 we added an extra Based on customer feedback and further simplifies setup. "

What are the benefits of SUSE Cloud 2.0 for Linux system administrators and developers?

First, SUSE Cloud 2.0 saves a lot of time for businesses to install and deploy private cloud environments. SUSE Cloud 2.0 has an automated installation framework that significantly reduces set-up time and subsequent management effort. In addition, SUSE Cloud is based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, which means that all SUSE Linux Enterprise Server applications and hardware will support SUSE Cloud, which will help businesses streamline and quickly over-reach private cloud environments.

Second, SUSE Cloud 2.0 supports hybrid hypervisors. As mentioned earlier, cloud environments that support a hybrid hypervisor can help businesses plan for the future better, while ensuring that no previous investment is wasted.

In addition, SUSE Cloud 2.0 further incorporates SUSE Studio and SUSE Manager, a tool that will help organizations easily create and manage cloud applications.

SUSE Cloud 2.0 supports Microsoft Hyper-V and is compatible with the Amazon S3-compatible API. Why does SUSE do this?

Doug Jarvis said SUSE customers now want more options to meet their IT needs because businesses do not want to wipe out their previous investments. "So as SUSE, we provide as much business interoperability as possible." What SUSE has all along been doing is not to lock customers' businesses in any single computing environment.

In addition, Doug Jarvis also talked about SUSE innovation based on OpenStack, as well as contributions to OpenStack. It said SUSE has done a lot of innovation in terms of ease of deployment and management, and SUSE is currently working with companies such as Cisco, EMC and NetApp to support their network and storage plug-ins.

In terms of contributions, SUSE first became the earliest Platinum member of the OpenStack Foundation, and SUSE provided legal, engineering and financial assistance to OpenStack. In addition, as a SUSE employee and board member of the Linux Foundation, Alan Clark has been named chairman of the OpenStack Foundation. In addition, at the technical level, SUSE also provides the appropriate support, such as security fixes and more.

At the same time, SUSE is also actively promoting the promotion of OpenStack, to promote enterprises to deploy OpenStack, and actively expand the OpenStack code contributors, making it a broader open source ecosystem.

Finally, Doug Jarvis said that over the past year, OpenStack has made great strides in network and storage, but Heat and the Ceilometer project will be the focus in the coming months, both of which will have a huge leap forward.